Single-player games like A Lovely Day in Hell
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to A Lovely Day in Hell, 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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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to A Lovely Day in Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Shadows of the Afterland
Single-player alternative to A Lovely Day in Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Madrid, 1960: A maid named Pilar dies. You arrive in the afterlife looking like Pilar but speaking as Carolina, a police officer from the future. Possess the living and cross between worlds to uncover the truth behind a soul split between two identities in this point-and-click adventure.
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Oknytt
Single-player alternative to A Lovely Day in Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Oknytt is an old school point-and-click adventure game where the player takes the role of a small, seemingly insignificant creature, leading it through a dark world filled with beings and areas inspired by Swedish folklore, in search of a place to belong.
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Whateverland
Single-player alternative to A Lovely Day in Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.
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Randal's Monday
Single-player alternative to A Lovely Day in Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
A kleptomaniac, a sociopath and a horrible friend. Randal is potentially one of the most scurrile protagonists since the invention of the hoverboard. Randal's Monday is a crazy space-time odyssey in classic adventure design, spiced up with countless geek culture references of the last 30 years.
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Afterparty
Single-player alternative to A Lovely Day in Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to A Lovely Day in Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Unavowed
Single-player alternative to A Lovely Day in Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Lovely Day in Hell.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.