Single-player games like Lobotomy
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lobotomy, 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 Transference
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lobotomy.
Escape from your own home, where you have been locked in. But be careful, you won't be alone in your captivity. Dive into this first-person mystery thriller, full of secrets and family betrayals. And discover who locked you in and why.
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Final Footage
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lobotomy.
Find what doesn't belong. Capture the evidence. Survive what finds you. Final Footage is a psychological horror game where you investigate anomalies, hide from the Knocker, upgrade your equipment, and unlock increasingly dangerous locations.
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Backrooms Lost Runners
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lobotomy.
Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.
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Among Ashes
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lobotomy.
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lobotomy.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lobotomy.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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Ad Infinitum
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Lobotomy.
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
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Dead Format
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Lobotomy.
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".
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Anomaly Archives
Single-player alternative to Lobotomy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lobotomy.
Trapped within shifting liminal spaces, you must rely on keen observation to survive. Inspect your surroundings, detect subtle anomalies, and make the right elevator decisions to break the loop and escape.