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Single-player games like Living Cell

Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Living Cell, 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 Cesspit — Steam game cover

    The Cesspit

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    The Cesspit is a first-person adventure horror game set in the sewers. You must explore the dark passageways and escape from the twisted inhabitants. You must find your way using candles and deal with the threats in the darkness.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chernobylite Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    Chernobylite Complete Edition

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blackberry — Steam game cover

    Blackberry

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Psychological Horror. The action takes place in forestry, in which a married couple of foresters stopped communicating with city. You were sent to investigate. But once in the forest, not lose your mind - turns out to be a very difficult task

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Be Afraid — Steam game cover

    Don't Be Afraid

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator — Steam game cover

    Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pacific Drive — Steam game cover

    Pacific Drive

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.89 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    [Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さん — Steam game cover

    [Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さん

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Hanako | 花子さん is a Japanese survival horror adventure game.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Survival: Lost Way — Steam game cover

    Survival: Lost Way

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Metro 2033 Redux — Steam game cover

    Metro 2033 Redux

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.

    2014Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Living Cell.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stalker — Steam game cover

    Stalker

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tiny Bunny — Steam game cover

    Tiny Bunny

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

    2025IndieAdventure7.69 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TARAKAN - Mystery Point & Click Adventure — Steam game cover

    TARAKAN - Mystery Point & Click Adventure

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Tarakan is a puzzle mystery adventure, inspired by escape room style games. Take control of a submarine and visit multiple coastal laboratories. Solve puzzles as you go to unlock the tools you need to solve the mystery!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual2.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SCP — Steam game cover

    SCP

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Explore, craft, and survive in a post-apocalyptic world where SCP anomalies roam freely. Brace yourself for nightly assaults as SCP-049's twisted creations close in.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Choice of Life: Middle Ages — Steam game cover

    Choice of Life: Middle Ages

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2 — Steam game cover

    Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Choice of Life: Wild Islands — Steam game cover

    Choice of Life: Wild Islands

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Conquer the jungle and prove that in any situation you - the master of your fate!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation2.79 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Druid — Steam game cover

    Druid

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    Druid is an adventure game with different puzzles and riddles where you play as a druid who searches for a wise master and helps to magic forest dwellers. Overcome all obstacles to find your teacher!

    2017IndieAdventure0.89 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Choice of Life: Samosbor — Steam game cover

    Choice of Life: Samosbor

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation3.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lanternium — Steam game cover

    Lanternium

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!

    2019IndieAdventureCasual1.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CyberHive — Steam game cover

    CyberHive

    Single-player alternative to Living Cell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Cell.

    CyberHive is a strategic space travel simulator with a non-linear story, in the cosmic opera setting, and in an anime visual style.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure1.59 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swordformer — Steam game cover

    Swordformer

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

    Only two buttons for ultimate action: move and pick perks. Slash hordes, craft insane builds, and unleash wild weapons. Help Josh The Barbarian escape the Shadow Wizard Gang's video game prison!

    ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →