Single-player games like Bulb Boy
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Bulb Boy, 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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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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Happy Game
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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Neverending Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
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Year Walk
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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Little Misfortune
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
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Rusty Lake Hotel
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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Machinarium
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bulb Boy.
Nightmare is a single-player survival-horror game. Once in a bad dream, you will have to decide: find a way to wake up or stay in it forever.
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Samorost 3
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
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SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY!
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Play as the New kid in South Park and join Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny, in three-dimensional glory, to celebrate the most magical day in any young child’s life - a snow day!
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The Office Quest
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
Every day in the office is the same, clicking the same keys, attending the same boring meetings, wearing the same fluffy monster onesies, until something strange and magical happens. Now you need to sneak away, no matter how!
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bulb Boy.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Bulb Boy 2: Jar of Despair
Single-player alternative to Bulb Boy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bulb Boy.
The NIGHTMARE was over but this is only the beginning of Bulb Boy’s dark adventures! And this time, it all starts with an empty jam jar...