Single-player games like Actual Sunlight
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Actual Sunlight, 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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LISA: The Painful
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Actual Sunlight.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
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Journal
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Actual Sunlight.
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
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Depression Quest
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Actual Sunlight.
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
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A Bird Story
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Actual Sunlight.
An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.
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Little Red Lie
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Actual Sunlight.
A contemporary adventure game about debt, family, and the truth about honesty.
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Always Sometimes Monsters
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Actual Sunlight.
Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Actual Sunlight.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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OneShot
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Actual Sunlight.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Actual Sunlight.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Actual Sunlight.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Guildmaster Story
Single-player alternative to Actual Sunlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Actual Sunlight.
A puzzle-match comedy about fame, misfortune, and working for nothing.