Single-player games like Lights
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Lights, 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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140
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Lights.
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
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La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
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Mushroom 11
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
An award-winning anti-platformer where destruction is the only way to move. Mold yourself into any form by destroying your cells, and traverse a devastated landscape filled with brain-twisting puzzles and bizarre mutations. Are you ready to break the mold?
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Rusted Moss
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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80's Night
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
Endless road, neon lights, palm trees. The game immerses you in the atmosphere of the 80's. Welcome to 80's Night! 80's Night is a car simulator game in which you drive along the endless road and avoid other cars.
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Neon Racer
Single-player alternative to Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights.
Endless road, neon lights, palm trees. The game immerses you in the atmosphere of retrowave. Welcome to Neon Racer! Neon Racer is a car simulator game in which you drive along the endless road and avoid other cars.