Single-player games like HOSTLIGHT
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to HOSTLIGHT, 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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Robocoder - Dwarf Mountain
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HOSTLIGHT.
Free Demo Available!. Fresh new unique gameplay, Like nothing you have played before! Take the role of Niko, programming Mar10 in this entirely new genre of Logic puzzle adventure! Early Access! Get involved now! Discord/Steam Community!
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Prison Puzzle
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HOSTLIGHT.
Prison Puzzle is a single-player escape game set in a mysterious prison. Solve intricate puzzles to find the only way out. With an engaging storyline, challenging puzzles, and a suspenseful atmosphere, it offers a unique gaming experience as you navigate your escape as a test subject.
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Infinity Treasures
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with HOSTLIGHT.
Labirinth of Infinity Treasures is a game that can be challenging and funny with each level. Brave forests, swamps, and venture to the depths of the planet to discover forgotten treasures.
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Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with HOSTLIGHT.
Enroll in a School Plagued by Suspicions and Lies!
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with HOSTLIGHT.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
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Quantum Conundrum
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with HOSTLIGHT.
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with HOSTLIGHT.
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with HOSTLIGHT.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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EVERDARK: Undead Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to HOSTLIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with HOSTLIGHT.
Inspired by horror and B-movies from the '80s, Everdark takes us to a city infested with vampires. Armed with stakes, garlic, crosses, holy water, and an arsenal of firearms and melee weapons, we'll fight our way through this shooter that blends classic survival horror with an oppressive atmosphere.