Single-player games like Death's Life 2
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Death's Life 2, 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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Slayaway Camp 2
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death's Life 2.
Take control of masked maniac Skullface in the goretastic sequel to the most violentest award winning Overwhelmingly Positive puzzle game ever made! This darkly hilarious puzzle game tribute to classic horror movies that puts the laughter in slaughter.
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death's Life 2.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
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Kindergarten
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death's Life 2.
Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.
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Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1)
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death's Life 2.
From the creators of Cyanide & Happiness and I-Mockery, comes the first game in an all new point-and-click adventure trilogy filled with dark humor, drama, and all the weirdness you've grown to love and/or dread over the years!
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Polda
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death's Life 2.
Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!
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Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death's Life 2.
Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.
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Bulb Boy
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death's Life 2.
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
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Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death's Life 2.
Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.
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Death's Life
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Death's Life 2.
Now you’re the new apprentice for Death. And it's your job to help gather souls. Only thing is, you can't just go and kill people to get the souls, it has to look natural. Like an accident. And that means setting up bottles, knives, brooms, and other regular objects in such a way as to create deadly chain reactions.
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Alien Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Death's Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death's Life 2.
Alien Apocalypse is an open-world sandbox survival game set after a devastating alien invasion. Scavenge for resources, craft, build defenses, and harness alien technology to fight back. Play solo or in co-op and reclaim what’s left of the planet.