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Single-player games like After Light Fades

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to After Light Fades, 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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    Jelly Is Sticky — Steam game cover

    Jelly Is Sticky

    Single-player alternative to After Light Fades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with After Light Fades.

    Explore a world of colorful jelly blocks that can be deformed and stuck together. Use them in surprising, unexpected ways to build clever contraptions and solve delightful puzzles.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloxpath — Steam game cover

    Bloxpath

    Single-player alternative to After Light Fades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with After Light Fades.

    A minimalist roll playing puzzle game. About 10 unique puzzle mechanics, around 200 puzzles, and satisfying smooth procedural animations.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Linelith — Steam game cover

    Linelith

    Single-player alternative to After Light Fades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with After Light Fades.

    Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sokobond — Steam game cover

    Sokobond

    Single-player alternative to After Light Fades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with After Light Fades.

    Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

    2014Indie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Altered — Steam game cover

    Altered

    Single-player alternative to After Light Fades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with After Light Fades.

    Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.

    2021StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    When The Past Was Around — Steam game cover

    When The Past Was Around

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

    When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    VIVIDLOPE — Steam game cover

    VIVIDLOPE

    Single-player alternative to After Light Fades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with After Light Fades.

    Rapid gravity arcade action! Dash! Spin! Slam! Paint!

    2023ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition — Steam game cover

    The Electrifying Incident: A Monster Mini-Expedition

    Single-player alternative to After Light Fades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with After Light Fades.

    An adorable bite-sized adventure from the creators of A Monster’s Expedition - explore the facility, avoid the live electricity, and repair the malfunctioning reactor.

    2025Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Joon Shining — Steam game cover

    Joon Shining

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

    Master the elements. Explore mystical worlds. Harness ancient powers. Joon Shining is an enchanted golf-like platformer with a fantasy twist. Use magic to bend physics, influence environments, and make impossible shots, as you puzzle your way through a strange & mythic multiverse

    2023ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dream of the Star Haven — Steam game cover

    Dream of the Star Haven

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

    A giant-leap 1st person platforming journey through islands in the sky! Recover your stolen body parts, gaining new powers for each part you find. Delve into the strange gilded-cage secrets of the conscious place known as Star Haven

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pelican Empyrean — Steam game cover

    Pelican Empyrean

    Single-player alternative to After Light Fades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with After Light Fades.

    Food is love! In this fantastical roguelike card game share the magic of abundance by cooking delicious meals for all who come to Pelican's kitchen.

    2026StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →