Single-player games like The Town of Light
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Town of 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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Never Ending Nightmare
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Town of Light.
Life has been tough for you after the tragic incident with your parents. Your way of coping has been through reliving all the good memories with them, but all the memories had a dark turn this time... will you be able to figure out why?
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What Happened
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Town of Light.
What Happened is a nightmarish first-person exploration of anxiety and depression from the perspective of American high school student, Stiles.
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Kholat
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Town of Light.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Town of Light.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Town of Light.
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Town of Light.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
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Brukel
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Town of Light.
A first-person exploration game based on the actual memories of a 92-year-old grandmother, told to players in her own voice. Take pictures of what remains of her abandoned childhood home to uncover the dark, traumatic events that she had to fight through as a teenage girl.
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UnderDread
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Town of Light.
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
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When Sirens Fall Silent
Single-player alternative to The Town of Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Town of Light.
When Sirens Fall Silent is a dark psychological thriller set in 1990s Italy. Play as Mila, a troubled policewoman drawn into a high-profile case of kidnappings and murders. As the case unravels you must not only save her from herself, but from being swallowed by a vortex of violence and confusion.