Single-player games like Laboratory of Nightmares
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Laboratory of Nightmares, 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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Heart Of Squid
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Returning from vacation, he finds that the island has been invaded by workers who plan to cut down all the trees and blow up the island. Not agreeing with this decision, Grandpa decides to engage in an unequal battle to defend his home.
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Plague Doctor And Panacea
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laboratory of Nightmares.
“Plague Doctor and Panacea” is a thrilling game where you are the last ray of hope for a doomed city plagued by a mysterious epidemic. Your mission is to infiltrate the gloomy castle dungeon full of dangers and find the ingredients for a universal cure.
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ALBERO
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laboratory of Nightmares.
ALBERO is a 3rd-person action game where you destroy hexagon terrain to gather resources and fight off monster waves. Don't fear death; it makes you a stronger warrior. Ready to teach a lesson to monsters who underestimate your cute appearance?
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Disaster Island
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Disaster Island is a unique survival based game, where you have to accomplish missions on abandoned island. But It's not gonna be easy, its not ordinary island. You will be confronted by natural disasters and numerous hidden dangers.
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Sniper Road
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laboratory of Nightmares.
This game can test your sniper abilities. Enemy detection, distance calculation, and precise aiming skills are essential. Kill all the hidden enemy snipers and reach the destination!
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Escape Z
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Survive the apocalypse with friends in Escape Z. Fight and plan tactics to face hordes of zombies. Choose your character, map and prepare. Survival is your only option.
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Dinosis Survival
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Dinosis Survival is a TPP Shooter with dinosaurs based on a mysterious story. Survive, hunt and solve the mystery behind the world that is falling apart.
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Cut The Grass: Farm Defense Survival
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Cutting grass is just the beginning. Explore, gather loot, upgrade your farm and survive night attacks. Fight monsters, defend your base, and last as long as you can in this day-night survival loop!
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Degrees
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Degrees - racing game with two modes: single and multiplayer mode for 4 players. With a view from above, you control the victim machine on the map, which is pursued by hunters. Escape them and hide in the bushes, so it will be harder for them to find you.
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Underwater hunting
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Underwater hunting: Plunge into the underwater world. Your character-a small fish piranha. The glory of these river predators is truly black - river killers, bloodthirsty robbers, river hyenas, sharks. And she always wants to eat.
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Oil Baron
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Laboratory of Nightmares.
The game has 7 locations with special tasks. You must fulfill them until the end of the day. It can be used to collect N amount of oil or earn several thousand $. To start playing, you need to choose the complexity of the game. There are 5 difficulty levels (easy-normal-difficult-very complicated-insane).
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Oops!!! Puzzles!!!
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Laboratory of Nightmares.
We offer you a puzzle game. The meaning of the game – making a mosaic pattern that you want to add up from a variety of fragments of different shapes. The greatest interest in this game will cause thrill-seekers, as it contains scary pictures (horror).
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Base Dune
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Base Dune 3D is a first-person shooter in which you have to go through a large secret laboratory destroying enemies. You can simply move around the game world and shoot the weapons that are given in the game.
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MOLOGA
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Description: in 1935, the leadership of the USSR decided to build a new reservoir in one of the regions of the republic. Almost all people left villages and towns, but some refused to leave their homes.
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The House of Big people
Single-player alternative to Laboratory of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Laboratory of Nightmares.
Two Russian students Ivan and Alexander were expelled from the institute, but the knowledge remained with them. One day, while drinking beer, they come up with a brilliant idea - to create a superman who will not need food, and will work 24 hours a day.