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Single-player games like Way to the light

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Way to the light, 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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    A Night in Prison — Steam game cover

    A Night in Prison

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    You come to your senses in a cell that looks like you are in some kind of prison. It's almost silent, but sometimes there are some sounds.

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    Anomaly Street — Steam game cover

    Anomaly Street

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Way to the light.

    In Anomaly Street you must look around for anything that doesn't seem quite right. Once you've decided if there's an anomaly or not, continue down the road you think is right.

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    The Night Guard — Steam game cover

    The Night Guard

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    This facility was built on a very interesting location and had an interesting history. It grew up on the site of a former hospital for the mentally ill, the only one of its kind. There and spent their final days people suffering from a bunch of ailments.

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    Project Phoenix — Steam game cover

    Project Phoenix

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    The player finds himself in an abandoned Soviet bunker, built at the height of the Cold War. The protagonist is a stalker, a hunter for artifacts and secrets of the past. He entered the bunker, attracted by legends of secret experiments and the mysterious disappearance of all personnel.

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    Dark Resolve — Steam game cover

    Dark Resolve

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    Immerse yourself in a chilling nightmare where the darkest corners of the past come to life to haunt you. This is a tense first-person psychological horror game that transports you to the heart of an abandoned police station. .

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    Cauldron Inn — Steam game cover

    Cauldron Inn

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    Trying to save yourselfe from something unknown but clearly malevolent, you hide in a mysterious inn. However, your temporary refuge turns out to be a trap, and now you must find a way to escape.

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    Anomaly Corridor — Steam game cover

    Anomaly Corridor

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    Navigate a seemingly endless corridor, uncovering eerie anomalies as you struggle to escape your doomed ship!

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    Shadow of the School — Steam game cover

    Shadow of the School

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    The player finds himself in an abandoned school, which was once a place of study for local schoolchildren. The protagonist is a paranormal researcher who came here to solve the mystery that shrouds this gloomy location.

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    The Guard — Steam game cover

    The Guard

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.

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    The Witch's House — Steam game cover

    The Witch's House

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    There is an old house on the edge of a small town. All the locals have always avoided it, as strange and mysterious events constantly happen there. This time, what happened in this house made the whole city shudder with fear.

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    Ghost Village — Steam game cover

    Ghost Village

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Way to the light.

    My grandmother was originally from the village, but after the environmental disaster that occurred 30 years ago near their settlement, she moved to our city and lived with us.

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    Mission: Aliens — Steam game cover

    Mission: Aliens

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Way to the light.

    Sergeant, last night we received a signal that an unknown aircraft of extraterrestrial origin had crashed in the taiga. The locals assured us that at the crash site they observed five creatures very similar to humans, only with gray skin and large almond-shaped eyes.

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    DrugRunner — Steam game cover

    DrugRunner

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Drug Runner is a 3D game in which you have to run along the road and dodge obstacles, on the way collecting bonuses and coins that give you points. If you can jump over the barrier by pressing the "space bar".

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    Battle Robots — Steam game cover

    Battle Robots

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Do you like fast games with the grinding of metal? Try to take part in fights with robots. Your task is to come out of the battle victorious, deftly inflicting crushing blows on your opponent. Upgrade your armor, and then head to the arena to fight. Start playing now!

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    Sleep — Steam game cover

    Sleep

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Way to the light.

    Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.

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    307 Racing — Steam game cover

    307 Racing

    Single-player alternative to Way to the light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Way to the light.

    Circuit racing is the common name for several types of car races, held on special tracks with hard surfaces. The main feature of such competitions is that the track has a closed form (ring).

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