Single-player games like The Lightning Girl
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Lightning Girl, 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 7th Shift
Single-player alternative to The Lightning Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Lightning Girl.
Work the overnight shift alone at Founder's Choice Market. Inspect shipments, decide what’s accepted or denied, and stock the shelves. But be careful, your performance is being evaluated, and it determines your fate. Escape after seven shifts or be forced to join the staff that never clocks out
- 2
Heather's Haunted House Party
Single-player alternative to The Lightning Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
While trying to plan a party that’s to die for, a high school queen bee finds she has an uninvited guest that is much scarier than your average teenage girl. A Visual Novel about Gossip, Grief and Ghosts.
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VERISMO
Single-player alternative to The Lightning Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Lightning Girl.
A ghost and a carnival clown plot revenge on the man who ruined their lives. An operatic-tragedy visual novel set in 1920s Sicily.
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Hariti
Single-player alternative to The Lightning Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Lightning Girl.
"Hariti" is a first-person psychological horror game. You will play as a mother searching for her missing daughter in a crisis-ridden hospital. Experience an atmosphere of extreme dread within the halls of this abandoned Chinese-style medical facility.
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虫鸣
Single-player alternative to The Lightning Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Lightning Girl.
崇明接到了上级的安排，去往雾谷村进行旅游景点调查采访，听闻村子内存在着“养蛊辟邪祟”的习俗，每户人家或多或少都懂得一些蛊术， 但这些蛊术从何而来的却无从得知... 夜晚的大山深处，处处响起虫鸣... 起雾了 --------------------------------- 感谢同学们的支持，目前评论中反映到的bug我们正在积极修复，抱歉给大伙儿带来不好的游戏体验，近期我们也会添加键盘操作，以及对其它方面的优化更新，开发不易555555，希望不要因为这一问题带来差评，谢谢！
- 6
Filthy us 2
Single-player alternative to The Lightning Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Lightning Girl.
千禧年初西北某地，一起恶性杀人事件轰动一时，行凶者临死前紧紧握着半张佛脸，他强烈的怨念引起了“无者”的注意。随着探究的深入，竟又牵扯出十年前另一起纵火灭门案！相同的一尊佛像，背后暗藏的究竟是天灾还是人祸。在那片由怨念产生的怨秽地之中，种种诡异可怖的表象之下，深埋着未知的秘密。
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Is Simon There?
Single-player alternative to The Lightning Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Lightning Girl.
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
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The Scourge | Tai Ương
Single-player alternative to The Lightning Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Lightning Girl.
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?