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Single-player games like Project: Nightlight

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Project: Nightlight, 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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    A Wake Inn — Steam game cover

    A Wake Inn

    Single-player alternative to Project: Nightlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project: Nightlight.

    Put your VR goggles on to explore dark corridors of an abandoned hotel using realistically controlled wheelchair, and face strange army of living dolls. But you won't be alone - mysterious voice will accompany you via shortwave transmitter. Just make sure, who really pulls the strings in this world.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Siren Head Horror Bunker VR — Steam game cover

    Siren Head Horror Bunker VR

    Single-player alternative to Project: Nightlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project: Nightlight.

    Siren Head Horror Bunker VR is a survival horror game with the sole objective of escaping an old abandoned bunker where the scary monster Siren Head lurks, you must explore, collect items and solve puzzles to survive and escape.

    2022ActionAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Terrible Place — Steam game cover

    A Terrible Place

    Single-player alternative to Project: Nightlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Project: Nightlight.

    What seems like a simple mission turns into a fight for survival as the island wakes up to greet its new arrivals.

    2023ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fading Light VR: Antiworld — Steam game cover

    Fading Light VR: Antiworld

    Single-player alternative to Project: Nightlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Project: Nightlight.

    The post-war world of nuclear explosion has trapped you in a dark circulated antiworld. Armed only with a faint flashlight and antimatter collector, you have to generate enough energy and hold on till the first sight of the morning light. Hurry, but be careful, it's rumored that you are not alone...

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Propagation: Paradise Hotel — Steam game cover

    Propagation: Paradise Hotel

    Single-player alternative to Project: Nightlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project: Nightlight.

    Trapped inside the Paradise Hotel, you are desperate to find your sister. Explore dark surroundings, gather resources, and survive terrifying encounters. This intense single-player VR survival horror game with great storytelling will get your adrenaline pumping.

    2023ActionAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Echoes of the Living — Steam game cover

    Echoes of the Living

    Single-player alternative to Project: Nightlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project: Nightlight.

    Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Afterlife VR — Steam game cover

    Afterlife VR

    Single-player alternative to Project: Nightlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project: Nightlight.

    Afterlife VR is a deeply immersive horror game. As Adam Bernhard, a young rookie police officer on a night patrol, you receive a call that will change your life forever. Uncover secrets hidden deep within the Black Rose mental hospital walls, where most of the patients pose a great danger.

    2022ActionAdventure11.24 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Devourer: Hunted Souls — Steam game cover

    The Devourer: Hunted Souls

    Single-player alternative to Project: Nightlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project: Nightlight.

    Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →