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Single-player games like Liminal Department

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Liminal Department, 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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    Robot Anomaly — Steam game cover

    Robot Anomaly

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    Your job is to inspect all produced robots. Investigate unauthorized hardware modifications and rogue behavior. And escape the building! You are the only human there, but you are not alone.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Below, Rusted Gods — Steam game cover

    Below, Rusted Gods

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Turning Manor — Steam game cover

    Turning Manor

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    All you have to do is count the differences and choose an exit. Easy right? Yet strange things start happening as soon as you sign the job contract… It's up to you to uncover what is happening at Turning Manor.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead end Exit 8 — Steam game cover

    Dead end Exit 8

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paranormal Snap Shot — Steam game cover

    Paranormal Snap Shot

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    Trapped in an endless looping school, can you find your way out by photographing all of the anomalies?

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Where You Were — Steam game cover

    Where You Were

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Liminal Department.

    Return to a fracturing memory with a camera in hand. Where You Were is a first-person psychological horror game of observation and absence. Study a changing hallway, photograph anomalies to hold the memory together, and capture the fragile pieces of a past you struggle to let go of.

    AdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Door at the End of the Hall — Steam game cover

    The Door at the End of the Hall

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    Trapped in a looping hallway, you must study subtle changes to choose the right doors. Each passage resets the hall, but slightly wrong. Observe carefully, make smart choices, and uncover the path that unlocks the mysterious door at the end of the hall.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    What Happened to Lily? — Steam game cover

    What Happened to Lily?

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LIMINOID — Steam game cover

    LIMINOID

    Single-player alternative to Liminal Department — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Liminal Department.

    LIMINOID is an immersive first-person exploration game set in dream-like liminal spaces. Explore, admire and progress throughout surreal landscapes and labyrinth structures that should not exist.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →