Single-player games like Life's Too Short!
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Life's Too Short!, 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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Worm In Rotating Land
Single-player alternative to Life's Too Short! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life's Too Short!.
Third part of worm adventures and walking simulation and survival game as player worm and mission to find stars and avoid falling to water. So be brave worm and try to find all stars
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Serial Killer Life
Single-player alternative to Life's Too Short! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Life's Too Short!.
Poison, electric shock, collapse, spikes, fake accidents, are your lethal tools for making money. Your imagination is your crime efficiency only border. Please note that you can use hotel guests to achieve your highest priority of robbing the bank’s vault.
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HIIT: Stranded on Zaruma
Single-player alternative to Life's Too Short! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Life's Too Short!.
Trapped on the mysterious planet Zaruma, use tools like the Drone, Scanner, and Hookshot to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization and uncover what happened before your arrival.
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MOJITO Woody's Rescue
Single-player alternative to Life's Too Short! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life's Too Short!.
A parkour platformer game about a cube-shaped cat named Mojito that team up with Lana, a little yarn ball to rescue his best dog friend from an evil cucumber in a cute 3d adventure with sandbox levels, platforming challenges and exploration zones.
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Girlfriend Simulator
Single-player alternative to Life's Too Short! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Life's Too Short!.
A Flatscreen and Virtual Reality Psychological Horror that'll make you laugh, scream, cry, and maybe much more!
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Devil Worm
Single-player alternative to Life's Too Short! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life's Too Short!.
Arcade style 3d worm adventure game where mission is to eat material and get snake bigger and also collect bottles.
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Crankles
Single-player alternative to Life's Too Short! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Life's Too Short!.
3rd person arcade platformer where you play as Crankles - a cat who despises everything and doesn't really care. But kicking some dog butts is better than doing nothing, right? Retrieve the stolen cat toys, learn new skills and uncover all secrets! The fate of The Purring Island is in your paws!
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The Courier
Single-player alternative to Life's Too Short! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life's Too Short!.
The Courier is an open world game about running a mail delivery business on a mysterious island. The more letters you deliver, the more you uncover the island's secrets.