Single-player games like Lost in the Woods
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lost in the Woods, 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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DEVIL'S LIMINAL
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lost in the Woods.
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona till college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade with friends, date an enigmatic new girl, and stop a demonic plot to take Margo's life.
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Miya Might Break
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lost in the Woods.
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
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Zili Diary escape against witch
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lost in the Woods.
Zili Diary is a psychological horror visual novel. Explore a cursed mall, make life-or-death choices, and fight to survive. Every action costs a piece of your soul.
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Vermin God
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lost in the Woods.
A grotesque body horror visual novel inspired by SCP-027, play as the young host of the Vermin God. Wake up in a hidden lab with no memories and experience the terror of a mysterious disease turning your body into a living hive for swarms of pests. Make choices to escape the crawling chaos.
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Mermaids are Seafood
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lost in the Woods.
You're a new hire at a company that sells mermaids as seafood. Bet your blood, navigate conspiracies, and cook for customers in this psychological horror game with 11 endings. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
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Corpse Party (2021)
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
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Seven Wonders of St. Clementine
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lost in the Woods.
In pursuit of a cause dear to him, Mizukami Sei heads to a new school; but from the beginning, everything seems off, and the intense folklore pervading the surrounding hasn't helped. What dark secrets lurk in St. Clementine's shadows?
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lost in the Woods.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
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the doll museum
Single-player alternative to Lost in the Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lost in the Woods.
This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!