Single-player games like LISA: The Painful
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to LISA: The Painful, 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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Dyztopia: Post-Human RPG
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with LISA: The Painful.
It's a game about quitting your job
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CHILDHOOD GONE - Shadowed Wand
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LISA: The Painful.
(Ever heard of this haunted game ...?) This is an adventure-rpg-horror game! Explore the world freely! Get around by using magic such as: floating, water walking, and quakes! Combat the Monster Lords and save the Kingdom! (That is... if the ghosts haunting the software want you to)
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Because The World Died
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with LISA: The Painful.
Retro pixel art RPG set in a dying world full of coldness, rats, and hard choices. Survive long enough to uncover your past... or die. Nonlinear narrative. Money and resources. Many endings. Zero mercy. Why? Because The World Died.
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Misery Street
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LISA: The Painful.
A place where lost souls go to find the meaning of their lives.
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Remnants Of The Witch
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LISA: The Painful.
Follow the story of Mari, as she becomes a witch hunter and discovers what's really going on in Sthalgrave city. Use various skills in the fast-paced turn-based battles! Use free time after missions to hang out with teammates!
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The Last Islands of Man
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with LISA: The Painful.
The Last Islands of Man is a retro rpg that forces you to manage your time. The sea waters are rising. Can you save yourself? Can you save your family?
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Alter Animus
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with LISA: The Painful.
Alter Animus is a turn-based RPG with horror elements, mysteries to unveil and a character-driven narrative. It's up to you if these unforeseen and unthinkable circumstances make these people truly come together or if they succumb to the consequences of their actions.
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Eredia 2: The Great War
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LISA: The Painful.
A dark fantasy JRPG, sequel to Eredia: Diary of Heroes. Eredia 2 is set in an open-world enemy continent as you are made to partake in a war you are least interested in, but it's the only place where you can find some 'answers'.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with LISA: The Painful.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Mad Max
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with LISA: The Painful.
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
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MOTHER
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LISA: The Painful.
MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with LISA: The Painful.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
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BLACK SOULS II
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LISA: The Painful.
Despair. Fear, Madness, once again. An original work based on "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." Dark Fairy Tale Fantasy x Psychological Horror RPG focusing on the themes of "Exploration of a Mad World" and "Life or Death Combat against Demonbeasts".
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Yume Nikki
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LISA: The Painful.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
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OFF
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with LISA: The Painful.
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
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DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with LISA: The Painful.
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake is a stunning reimagining of the beloved masterpiece and narrative beginning to The Erdrick Trilogy.
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LISA: The First
Single-player alternative to LISA: The Painful — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with LISA: The Painful.
A memory of madness.