Single-player games like LAG KILLS
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to LAG KILLS, 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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The Outlast Trials
Single-player alternative to LAG KILLS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAG KILLS.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
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CRYO
Single-player alternative to LAG KILLS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAG KILLS.
CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...
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The Escape: Together
Single-player alternative to LAG KILLS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAG KILLS.
The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.
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Paranormal Cleanup
Single-player alternative to LAG KILLS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAG KILLS.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
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The Experiment
Single-player alternative to LAG KILLS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAG KILLS.
The tests went wrong. He has been transformed. It is hostile toward others. You have been assigned the task of killing the horrifying creature. Listen closely as it could be around any corner. (Game includes Remastered + Classic versions)
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Backrooms Lost Runners
Single-player alternative to LAG KILLS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAG KILLS.
Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.
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The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Single-player alternative to LAG KILLS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAG KILLS.
Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?
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Ghostbane
Single-player alternative to LAG KILLS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAG KILLS.
Ghostbane, is a Co-Op horror game for 1-4 players. Detect paranormal activity, collect evidence of ghosts, hunt ghosts by rituals, and conduct detailed investigations about ghosts in your main base.