Single-player games like Lamplighter
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Lamplighter, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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The Mystery Mist
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
In this world, deadly toxic mist is everywhere. The protagonist, Yaqing, becomes an apprentice to a physician skilled in using insects to save his sister, who has been poisoned by the mist. As the story progresses, he finds himself entangled in a tense racial conflict…
- 2
Ancient Russian Life Simulator
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lamplighter.
The most realistic simulator of the life of ancient Rus during the war with lizards! A historical saga about the greatness of our ancestors, bravely fighting the green plague that outnumbered them!
- 3
Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
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DAEMON MASQUERADE
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Slice of Sea
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.
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Death Trick: Double Blind
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
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The Big Con
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!
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Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
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Marcella Moon: Saboteurs on the River
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
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Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lamplighter.
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
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Marcella Moon: Killer at the Cove
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lamplighter.
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a murder in a coastal California town.
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Marcella Moon: Four Are Watching
Single-player alternative to Lamplighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lamplighter.
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to solve the cold case of her father's murder.