Single-player games like The Lightkeeper
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to The Lightkeeper, 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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Amenti
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
A photographer enters the Great Pyramids to photograph Pharaoh Rudamon’s remains, but is soon overwhelmed by a sinister curse, as the ancient tomb awakens dark forces that claw at his sanity.
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Graveyard Shift
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
Guarding the graveyard shift is often considered one of the most terrifying jobs globally, but night guarding at Whispering Winds Cemetery surpasses any other cemetery in horror! Being Night Security in this place will turn into a nightmare for you that you may never forget.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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Luto
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
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One-Eyed Likho
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
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Pieces of me
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
“Pieces of Me” is not a classic horror game with jump scares, but a psychological thriller-drama in the walking simulator genre. It is a spin-off of “September 7th”
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The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
A first-person puzzle adventure to test your limits and illuminate your mind. Can you reveal the secrets of The Lighthouse?
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The Shore
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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GYLT
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.
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Mouthwashing
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
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Homeless
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
Beneath the dazzling lights of New York, a sinister darkness lurks. In the hour when the whole city is sleeping, a strange and terrifying man emerges from the darkness, intent on shattering your mind and spirit
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No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Single-player alternative to The Lightkeeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Lightkeeper.
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.