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Single-player games like Step Lightly

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Step Lightly, 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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    DOSMIC — Steam game cover

    DOSMIC

    Single-player alternative to Step Lightly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Step Lightly.

    In a world crawling with colossal beings, a boy named Nero sets out on a journey to find the missing girl, Snoa. Use a variety of movement abilities and the surrounding environment to push forward, and at times confront overwhelming horrors, in this cinematic puzzle-platformer, DOSMIC.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ajayu — Steam game cover

    Ajayu

    Single-player alternative to Step Lightly — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Join Alaya on this spiritual adventure, who, with the help of his ability to control his own soul, will have to face dangerous enemies and solve challenging puzzles across the world's driest desert, to find the place where his ancestors rest.

    AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gravity Whipped — Steam game cover

    Gravity Whipped

    Single-player alternative to Step Lightly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Step Lightly.

    Use the incredible power of the Gravity Whip to alter the direction of gravity and whip your way through the mysterious Maze of Dreams in this exciting 2.5D Puzzle Platformer. Jump over spike pits and collect coins and gems to upgrade your character and unlock secret levels. How far will you go?

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Melted Time — Steam game cover

    Melted Time

    Single-player alternative to Step Lightly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Step Lightly.

    Candle, your path is full of puzzles. Can you handle it? Hurry, your time is already melting away.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- — Steam game cover

    YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-

    Single-player alternative to Step Lightly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Step Lightly.

    As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stela — Steam game cover

    Stela

    Single-player alternative to Step Lightly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Step Lightly.

    Stela is a cinematic, atmospheric platformer about a young woman witnessing the final days of a mysterious ancient world.

    2020IndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Master's Pupil — Steam game cover

    The Master's Pupil

    Single-player alternative to Step Lightly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Step Lightly.

    The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball

    2023IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DARQ: Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    DARQ: Complete Edition

    Single-player alternative to Step Lightly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Step Lightly.

    DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →