Single-player games like Light in the woods
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Light in the woods, 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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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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CLeM
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
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The Guest
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Valley of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
Valley of Shadows is a short psychological horror set in an ordinary American suburb. Players navigate as James, a family man seeking answers about his missing family, while grappling with paranoia and supernatural forces.
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Hotel Overloop
Single-player alternative to Light in the woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Light in the woods.
You’ve stucked into a loop in the mysterious hotel. Find anomalies to escape the hotel’s loop.