Single-player games like Deadlight
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Deadlight, 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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The Final Station
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
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The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
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I Am Alive
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight.
I Am Alive casts the player as a lone survivor in a believable, dark and insecure post-apocalyptic world.
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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadlight.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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FAR: Lone Sails
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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PLANET ALPHA
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Deadly Rain
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Deadly Rain is a survival horror FPS game that puts you in a terrifying fight for survival against hordes of scary mutants in a rainy, abandoned village. Find and manage resources to stay alive in the worst and most unexpected situations.
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This War of Mine
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deadlight.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
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Little Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight.
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.
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My Friend Pedro
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadlight.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.