Single-player games like Liminal Protocol
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Liminal Protocol, 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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Backrooms With Friends!
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Liminal Protocol.
A 1-5 player co-op horror game where you and your friends noclip into an endless maze also known as the Backrooms. Explore procedurally generated levels and avoid the Entities that stalk the halls. Get separated and you might not make it back. Get caught and you won't make it out at all...
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Scary Ferry
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Liminal Protocol.
Scary Ferry is a co-op horror game where you and your friends face monsters, traps, and treacherous waters. Complete challenging missions, explore dangerous dungeons, and uncover ISM's secrets.
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Anywhere
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Liminal Protocol.
A strange feeling draws you to an underground facility. In this atmospheric psychological horror game, you will explore a complex filled with paranormal anomalies. Uncover secrets, use strange artifacts to survive, and escape the entities that lurk in the shadows. Team up or die alone.
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PILGRIM
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Liminal Protocol.
Pilgrim is a medieval-based, co-op horror, adventure. Can you and your friends make it to the end of The Road?
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Hell Above
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Liminal Protocol.
Team up to hack, slash, fight, and DIE (... a lot). A merciless soulslike boss-rush trapped in a low-poly, PS1-era Dante poem... except this time you're venturing up the inferno...
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Straying Rules
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Liminal Protocol.
Straying Rules is a co-op horror game for 1-4 players. You need to escape from various worlds governed by strange rules within 12 hours by all means. Levels, objectives and dangers are ever-changing every time you enter. You must discover and interpret the rules to find your only hope of survival.
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MACE: Mapinguari's Temple
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Liminal Protocol.
MACE: Mapinguari's Temple is a multiplayer, horror game with adventure and social deduction elements. Venture into a maze-like, procedurally generated dungeon filled with puzzles, avoid the terrible creature that roams it's corridors and discover who is the deceitful cultist among you.
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Hunters In The Dark
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Liminal Protocol.
A frantic party tag game for 1–4 players. Play as a Treasure Hunter racing for loot—or a Shadow Hunter chasing them down. Fast rounds, surprise potions, and semi-procedurally generated arenas. Light your way, outrun, outsmart, out-hunt!
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ScreenCade
Single-player alternative to Liminal Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Liminal Protocol.
Turn your wallpaper into a living neon arcade. Watch smart AI master high-energy originals like Void Ball while you work, or jump in and take control at any time. Active play, idle vibes, and global leaderboards—all running seamlessly behind your desktop icons.