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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Green Breach
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
You awaken confused on a lifeless mining vessel. Exploration reveals mutated horrors stalking in the shadows. Your flashlight is slowly dwindling away as you solve puzzles. Can you navigate the decks and reach the escape pod?
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Long Carnage
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
Long Carnage is a first-person cooperative horror game for up to 4 players. Explore an isolated house, find resources, restore power, and survive unique killers with their own mechanics in dynamic and unpredictable matches.
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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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Ugly
Single-player alternative to Light the Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Light the Backrooms.
A Japanese survival horror game inspired by family values. “Ugliness”—is it a person, a supernatural entity, or something else? The protagonist, Shu, teams up with Reiko to confront supernatural entities using limited resources and means of defense, as they attempt to escape from a confined space.
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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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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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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.