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Single-player games like They Look Like People

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to They Look Like People, 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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    Caves Of Mars — Steam game cover

    Caves Of Mars

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    Caves of Mars is a new 2D sci-fi action adventure space shooter game set in the mysterious caves of the planet Mars. Your mission is to navigate your spacecraft through 100 procedurally generated levels, battle against and destroy enemies and alien lifeforms and collect as many gems as possible.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Moons of Madness — Steam game cover

    Moons of Madness

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

    2019Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Operator8 — Steam game cover

    Operator8

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    An unparalleled alien invasion has overwhelmed the Mining Block Facility on the moon Triton, leaving only death and horror in its wake. You are a mercenary known as Operator8 and you alone have been called in to bring a stop to this fierce attack. Destroy the hive mind at all costs!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Omniscient — Steam game cover

    Omniscient

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    Omniscient is a first person horror set aboard a research ship drifting in Neptune's orbit. Your crew is gone. The power is out. And something else lurked onboard. Unarmed and alone, trust your newly enhanced senses to survive. They are your greatest gifts, after all.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hive In Space — Steam game cover

    Hive In Space

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    You must overcome the anomalies occurring in space.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    1000 days to escape — Steam game cover

    1000 days to escape

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    Only 1000 days left until the end of the world. You have to realize the largest space program ever to save as many people as you can. Explore planets, colonize them, help people find a new home.

    2019IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mars Horizon — Steam game cover

    Mars Horizon

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe) — Steam game cover

    OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe)

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    Overview is a mind-changing experience about our position in the Universe. With a narrative and an interactive mode, it features realistic imagery and accurate data to leave you in awe and wonder at the vastness of the Cosmos.

    2018IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt — Steam game cover

    Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A horror anthology shooter in the Dread X Collection series. Co-produced by DUSK creator David Szymanski. Featuring 7 new short games, a robust launcher world set in an abandoned arctic base.

    2021ActionAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Patient: After Hours — Steam game cover

    The Patient: After Hours

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    You are a night worker who has to clean up after a long day of trading at the local mall. But as the night quickly progresses you start to realize that something isn't quite right.

    2022Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Daemonum — Steam game cover

    Daemonum

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    Detective Andrews is called to a residence after a message is placed to dispatch regarding a disturbance. Not everything is as it seems, leaving you to question your own sanity whilst figuring out how to escape with your life.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    You Are Liam: Shadow Memories — Steam game cover

    You Are Liam: Shadow Memories

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    You have done some things you're not proud of. Now you must enter your own mind to come to terms with the things you've done. Loop around rooms, solve puzzles and hide from different monsters as you uncover your own truth.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chronicles from the Abyss — Steam game cover

    Chronicles from the Abyss

    Single-player alternative to They Look Like People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with They Look Like People.

    Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →