Single-player games like A Normal Lost Phone
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to A Normal Lost Phone, 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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Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with A Normal Lost Phone.
Explore the social life of Laura in this spiritual sequel to A Normal Lost Phone.
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Alt-Frequencies
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
An audio mystery set in a time loop. Record, rewind time and broadcast snippets of radio shows to expose radio hosts, conspiracy theorists and politicians.
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If Found...
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with A Normal Lost Phone.
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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Wednesdays
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Replica
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with A Normal Lost Phone.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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Mainlining
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
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Emily is Away
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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hack_me
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
Hack_me is a hacker simulator game. The main objective in game – is to hack big companies's servers to show people that there is nothing in this world that protected on 100%. You’ll need to use your cmd, bruteforce, SQL-injectors and other programs to hack servers.
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one night, hot springs
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Normal Lost Phone.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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Life is Strange Remastered
Single-player alternative to A Normal Lost Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.