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Single-player games like Lights Out Dark House

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lights Out Dark House, 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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    飢界 — Steam game cover

    飢界

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    『飢界』は不気味な異界を探索し、脱出を目指すホラーゲーム。異界の住人に食べられてはいけません...。

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death Stream — Steam game cover

    Death Stream

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    You wake up in a basement room, bound, with a camera staring you down. A deranged masked man entices his audience. You’ve been abducted by a lunatic who thrives on chaos and carnage. His goal? To force you into a twisted game of luck while the entire internet watches in real time.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Haunting Eyes — Steam game cover

    The Haunting Eyes

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    The Haunting Eyes is a game in which you have to break into an abandoned mansion and solve its mystery by collecting bags of gold.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DON'T STOP SMILING — Steam game cover

    DON'T STOP SMILING

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    Smile—and survive. A first-person “forced-smile” horror game that tracks your facial expression in real time. PC camera required.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THE BACKWORLDS — Steam game cover

    THE BACKWORLDS

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    RUN, JUMP, ESCAPE. Endlessly high buildings of dead ruins are towering over a giant chasm of green mist. But the reality of our world is seeping in, and some familiar places are now stuck there. This is how you are invited there - against your will. Enter the hostile realm of the BACKWORLDS.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Inner Descent VR — Steam game cover

    The Inner Descent VR

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    "The Inner Descent" is a VR horror-adventure. Survive a haunting forest, explore eerie buildings, and evade lurking fears. Find keys to unlock your escape in this replayable journey. Will you conquer your inner self?

    2024IndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ultimate Pain — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Pain

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    Ultimate Pain (UP) is wild, sock-blasting journey of non-stop jumping madness! We’re not sure if you’ll love it or scream in agony, but it’s packed with epic leaps, chaotic surprises, and gravity-defying pain. Get ready to jump UP, fall down, and laugh the whole way!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SICK — Steam game cover

    SICK

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lights Out Dark House.

    Sick is a mixture of intense thriller and exploration of a small surrounding world. A first-person game with a frightening atmosphere. Once in Hell, you play as Jack Willis, who roams an endless loop of suffering, pain and fear.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lights Out Chapter 2 The Unseen Reckoning — Steam game cover

    Lights Out Chapter 2 The Unseen Reckoning

    Single-player alternative to Lights Out Dark House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lights Out Dark House.

    Alone again and abandoned in the house, this time even darker than usual. You return as Jack and set out to search for your missing Friend.

    IndieSingle-playerSimilar games →