Single-player games like Lonely Christmas
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Lonely Christmas, 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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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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Why don't they laugh?
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lonely Christmas.
A first-person narrative horror game where you will get dangerously close to the secrets of the Kensington circus dynasty and discover what lies behind their famous shows' scenes.
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Siberian experiment
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
Abandoned on the edge of the Siberian taiga, an old military barracks holds something more sinister than just memories of the past. A cold wind whispers through the broken windows, carrying the smell of damp and decay through the empty corridors.
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Pikabuu: STOP!
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
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Holidays in Khrushchevsk
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
Do you like spontaneous purchases? Do all your purchases bring you happiness? Everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance.
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Depression The Game
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lonely Christmas.
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
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Life after Death
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
Do you remember the scares that chased you in childhood? How did your limbs shake with fear, take your breath away, and you couldn't do anything about it? I invite you to live it all over again!
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Lair of Torment
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
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Beside Myself
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
You have to play as the historian-journalist Michael, plunge into the atmosphere of darkness of an abandoned hospital, where you will need to unravel the secrets of the past and try to get out in order to tell the whole world about those terrible events.
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Paranormal place
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
Alex is a blogger who explores places with paranormal phenomena. At the request of his subscribers, he goes to an abandoned place where, according to rumors, some creepy things were noticed. What is happening there? You have to find it out.
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Lost Child
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lonely Christmas.
Are You Lost? Wander endless corridors where shifting environments, sinister voices, and echoes of real events create a chilling atmosphere. Andrey doesn’t remember who he was, but the walls know the truth. It’s time to remember everything.
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No Return Address
Single-player alternative to Lonely Christmas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lonely Christmas.
Night shift at a distribution center. Ordinary packages go forward, strange ones go to reject. Just don’t make a mistake when the boxes start containing things that should never be there.