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Single-player games like Life Gallery

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Life Gallery, 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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    Cat Museum — Steam game cover

    Cat Museum

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Life Gallery.

    Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and the surreal world of Cat Museum, a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game. Solve the strange puzzles with your mischievous cat, and unveil the truth behind the mysterious museum.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    恶灵退散 Go Back to Hell — Steam game cover

    恶灵退散 Go Back to Hell

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Life Gallery.

    This is a click game with horror theme to find hidden items. Players play exorcists and go to all kinds of gloomy and terrible scenes. Please be sure to find every suspicious place, otherwise ghosts will suddenly appear!!!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 — Steam game cover

    The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Life Gallery.

    The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.

    2012IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Magnus Imago — Steam game cover

    Magnus Imago

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Life Gallery.

    Magnus Imago is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.

    2022IndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trance, Trauma — Steam game cover

    Trance, Trauma

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Life Gallery.

    A woman killed herself. Uncover her motive in 3 surreal, hexagon rooms. Set in the aftermath of a tragic incident, Trance, Trauma is a point-and-click puzzle game where you play as the soul of the victim.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    EarWorm — Steam game cover

    EarWorm

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Life Gallery.

    You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living.  Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account. 

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    100 hidden cups — Steam game cover

    100 hidden cups

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Life Gallery.

    The strange cups are hidden on the paper. A difficult adventure for the eyes.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Happy Game — Steam game cover

    Happy Game

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Life Gallery.

    A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rusty Lake: Roots — Steam game cover

    Rusty Lake: Roots

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Life Gallery.

    Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.

    2016IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Little Nightmares — Steam game cover

    Little Nightmares

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

    2017Adventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Forgotten — Steam game cover

    Forgotten

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Life Gallery.

    Forgotten is a game where the main character got into a car accident, but after that, he ended up in an abandoned mansion, and then he realized that he was not alone

    2019Indie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creepy Tale — Steam game cover

    Creepy Tale

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Life Gallery.

    Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?

    2020IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fran Bow — Steam game cover

    Fran Bow

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Life Gallery.

    Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Whimsy Bake&Craft — Steam game cover

    Whimsy Bake&Craft

    Single-player alternative to Life Gallery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Life Gallery.

    Take over a bakery! Establish production lines for farming, fishing, and baking to create delicious treats! Fulfill missions to earn rewards. Recruit helpers, expand production, and decorate the bakery and homes. Restore Starlight Island to its former glory—one delicious dessert at a time!

    2026IndieSimulationCasual4.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →