Single-player games like The Strange Lights
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Strange Lights, 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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Still With Me
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
A psychological horror experience about returning to a place that never forgot you.
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Flick
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Shift realities with the flick of a light switch and plunge into the grotesque to uncover your family's twisted past. A psychological horror game where you must balance the light you need to progress with the terrifying nightmares it summons.
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In My Head
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
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The Dark Gift
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
The Dark Gift is a horror game about Christmas and New Year.
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Summer of '58
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Strange Lights.
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
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Reflection
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Strange Lights.
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
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Clink
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Silent Nights
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
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Abandoned Souls
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
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Christmas Nightmare
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
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The Cursed Tape
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
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There's Something In The Ice
Single-player alternative to The Strange Lights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Strange Lights.
In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...