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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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?
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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?
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PAPER STRIKE
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Paper Strike is a tactical, fast-paced 3v3 game. Play as a Warrior Mage, wielding powerful magic and deadly weapons. Team up with 2 friends and seize control of the arena to unleash the devastating power of Armageddon in an ever-evolving battlefield.
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Conan Chop Chop
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Conan Chop Chop is a party roguelite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!
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Rampage Knights
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
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CounterAttack: Uprising
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.
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HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
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Party Animals
Single-player alternative to Lights Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lights Out.
Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?
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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!