Single-player games like Dimmed Light
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dimmed Light, 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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Project Night
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimmed Light.
Project Night is a first-person survival horror game focused on exploration, tense combat, and atmosphere. Search abandoned locations, manage scarce resources, solve environmental puzzles, and survive the horrors lurking in the dark.
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LEENIE'S TALE
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimmed Light.
In this sequel to Leenie Boog, you are an Artaktikon named Ballin. Plucking up your courage, you decided to start fresh: move to the big city and get a job. You truly believed that the dark ages, when carnivores devoured herbivores, were long gone... Or so you thought, until recently.
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Rahasya: The Unsolved Mystery
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimmed Light.
A 4 player co-op survival horror game where every step into the house uncovers a darker truth... Who will you trust: the dead, or your partner, your choice matter, including the hidden Astral Realm. - Or go solo and Complete what your started!
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Ritual : House Sitting
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimmed Light.
A young woman named Nina accepts a house-sitting job recommended by a friend, tempted by the unusually generous pay. But is the house really as ordinary as it seems?
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Dark Watching Chapter 2
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimmed Light.
After crossing the bunker, you reach the shopping mall, but you quickly realize that there is even more of the virus there…
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Hachishakusama | 八尺様がいた夏休み
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dimmed Light.
『She Is Always Right Beside You』 The fate of one summer — a boy beloved by the eight-feet-tall Hachishakusama, the urban legend. A heartwarming yet terrifying Japanese horror game.
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Play With Me: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimmed Light.
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimmed Light.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Wood Goes BRRR
Single-player alternative to Dimmed Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimmed Light.
You’re a BEAVER! Have fun and go wild, but stay on task! If you slack off at the Dam, the Big OG Boss will make you fight your friends for your job.