Single-player games like Light the Backrooms
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Light the Backrooms, 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 MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion is a survival horror game. Contains Fear, Stealth, Exploration/Puzzle solving, Item management. Moreover "Multiple First-Person Views" provides a new level of fear, immersion, strategy. Steal the vision of "something" lurking in the abandoned house and try to survive.
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Umbra
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
Being hopeless is the feeling you will encounter when you see the dreadful horrors that you will have to face in Umbra, an abyss where the worst horrors that a human can imagine reside, do you dare to face them?
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Hidden Shelter
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
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The Jurassic Labyrinth
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
A psychological horror puzzle game set in a living labyrinth that adapts to your choices. Solve shifting mechanisms, navigate ever-changing corridors, and evade a relentless presence that learns your behavior as you try to escape.
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The Lost Gallery
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
Works of art are attacking people, turning an exhibition into a bloodbath in a single night. At the same time, you – a phantom thief – happen to be there to steal a valuable masterpiece.
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SANRI
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.
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MadMan
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
Trapped inside an abandoned mental asylum with a psychopathic killer lurking about, you are forced to explore the facility armed with only your wits to survive. With a blood hungry madman on your trail, every move could be your last. Will you escape to tell the tale or fall victim to the madness
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Granny Remake
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
Granny Remake is a gripping horror game where you must escape from a sinister house chased by a cunning and relentless Granny. Choose from multiple escape routes: drive away in a car, call the police, or unlock the main door
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Hatch
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
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Reality
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Light the Backrooms.
“Reality” is a first-person action horror game featuring a complex and mysterious story. Use stealth and shooting to overcome a wide variety of formidable enemies. Freely roam the grounds of a large school and uncover a shocking truth connected to a certain female student.