Single-player games like SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions, 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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SLUDGE LIFE 2
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
SLUDGE LIFE 2 is the grimiest first-person vandalism sim since the first SLUDGE LIFE—but, like, twice as dense. Explore a huger, weirder, gnarlier open world loaded with secrets, weirdos, jokes, and, of course, plenty of spots to tag.
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SLUDGE LIFE
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.
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The Kingsward
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
Explore an open-world Sandbox RPG with isometric ARPG combat, a flexible hybrid class system, and an epic story with satirical humor. Create your own build and seek the legendary Kingsward.
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Lost Dreams
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
Surviving the plane crash was only the beginning. Now you must find a way to escape the island and survive the strange creatures that inhabit it. Manage your ammunition, endure, and explore in this terrifying experience.
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The Big Con
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!
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The Holy Gosh Darn
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
Play as Cassiel, a foul-mouthed angel trapped in a time loop with a mission to save Heaven. Use the magical clock bestowed upon you from Death (yes, that Death, from Manual Samuel, stop asking) to jump between timelines across Heaven, Hell, Earth and Helheim to stop Heaven from going boom. Again.
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stikir
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
This game is about making this game.
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The Bench
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
The retirement home isn’t for you, and your pigeon friends agree! Explore the world going bench to bench, solve puzzles, and keep your mischievous pigeon crew in line in this charming interactive adventure. Enjoy colorful, stylized levels, customize your pigeons, and live your best pensioner life!
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Cyberpunk 2077
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
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High Hell
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).
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Heavy Bullets
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
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GUNCHO
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In this small scale, turn based tactics game, you spin Guncho's revolver cylinder to keep his bullets aligned to enemies. Fight your way through randomly generated shootouts. Upgrade your bullets and use tactical abilities to defeat your foes. Ride your donkey and become the ultimate Pistolero.