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Single-player games like LIRE

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to LIRE, 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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    Lastbane — Steam game cover

    Lastbane

    Single-player alternative to LIRE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIRE.

    Lastbane is a CO-OP asymmetric horror game. Together with your friends, you must try to escape the map silently without being caught by sound-sensitive creatures that react to microphones and in-game voice chat.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Chaput's Baby — Steam game cover

    The Chaput's Baby

    Single-player alternative to LIRE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIRE.

    The Chaput Baby is a first-person horror game. Play as Samantha, hired to care for the Chaput family's baby. Take on a babysitting night in a former church as you unravel deep secrets about one of the oldest families in the city.

    2022IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    鬼魂街 — Steam game cover

    鬼魂街

    Single-player alternative to LIRE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIRE.

    Third person shooter! With infinite bullets, can you kill ghosts and escape from ghost street?

    2022IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Whispers In Paradise — Steam game cover

    Whispers In Paradise

    Single-player alternative to LIRE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIRE.

    Step into a chilling odyssey where reality and the supernatural collide. Join Emily and Sydney as they uncover dark secrets of Paradise Mansion—will they survive the mysteries that haunt them, or be pulled into the shadows forever?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sleepover at Sam’s — Steam game cover

    Sleepover at Sam’s

    Single-player alternative to LIRE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIRE.

    You’re invited to a birthday sleepover in May 1985. But when the laughter fades, the nightmare begins. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive the night in this psychological horror inspired by MADiSON and Stranger Things.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PSYCHO DEAD — Steam game cover

    PSYCHO DEAD

    Single-player alternative to LIRE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIRE.

    A third-person survival horror game that you play as a girl with psychic power who tries to escape from a secret lab and is pursued by deadly stalkers.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadow of Ether — Steam game cover

    Shadow of Ether

    Single-player alternative to LIRE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIRE.

    Shadow of Ether is a first person horror game where a man with a spiritual power goes deep into the lower astral plane to banish an archon in a secluded haunted house in a forest.

    2023IndieAdventure10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DreadOut — Steam game cover

    DreadOut

    Single-player alternative to LIRE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIRE.

    DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.

    2014IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →