Single-player games like Lights Out
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Lights Out, 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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小吃派对 Snack Party
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lights Out.
"Snack Party": a cute twin-stick roguelike (2-4 players). As a sentient pudding, flee the night market, shoot/dodge, mix 100+ food powers, wake apathetic allies, and seek your purpose.
- 2
GunGlyph
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
A first-person voxel roguelite shooter. Descend, craft and temper your own guns, exploit ammo chemistry, fight unique enemies and face the bosses guarding every way down. Online co-op and local splitscreen.
- 3
Son of a Witch
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?
- 4
ARCASCIAN
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
ARCASCIAN is a minimalist ASCII-rendered fantasy FPS built around fast runs, procedural dungeons, and relentless combat.
- 5
Pouring Pints
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Run your dream pub, solo or with up to 4 friends. Pour pints, sling snacks, and keep the customers happy as service descends into chaos. Dive bar, sports bar, or village pub. Build and decorate it your way with new ways to play every run. How long can you keep the doors open?
- 6
Friendship Dungeon: Party Puzzler
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Friendship Dungeon: Party Puzzler is a dungeon crawler where puzzles meet chaos! Grab your friends (up to 4-player co-op) and dive into a roguelite dungeon where every room is a unique tile-swapping puzzle packed with traps, monsters, and treasures. Will your friendships survive the dungeon?
- 7
GamingCouch.com
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
GamingCouch.com is a same-room party game platform for 1–8 players. Join with a phone, tablet, computer, or controller, then compete in a growing collection of quick, chaotic mini-games made for game nights and parties. Couch party games made easy!
- 8
Formic Fortress
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Formic Fortress is a local co-op tower defense party game with rogue-like elements. Scavenge and throw blocks to build your anthill and fend off waves of nasty bugs! Protect your queen, survive the swarm, and unleash the dormant strength of your ammo through powerful upgrades resetting every run.
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Cornflower Corbin
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Infinite play-ability in endurance mode, or play story mode. An underwater shoot 'em up, that is family friendly and a little campy, featuring a whale (Corbin) with a laser strapped to it's back. You'll also see sharks with lasers, turtles with rockets, and much much more.
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Unreal Estate
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lights Out.
In Unreal Estate, the City Council has hired you to build the best cityscape, which you’ll do by drafting buildings to your hand. Rejected designs go to the Scrap Pile, but as demand for those buildings grows, you can reclaim them to score the most points. But be careful that the other architects don’t score them before you!