Single-player games like Life is Strange 2
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Life is Strange 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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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Tell Me Why
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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Beyond: Two Souls
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
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Dispatch
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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Life is Strange Remastered
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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Night in the Woods
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Life is Strange: True Colors
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
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Detroit: Become Human
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
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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Vampyr
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
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Remember Me
Single-player alternative to Life is Strange 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange 2.
Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories.