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Single-player games like Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Life is Strange: Before the Storm, 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 - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Strange 2 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange 2

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.

    2018AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Strange: True Colors — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange: True Colors

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    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.

    2021ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Strange Remastered — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange Remastered

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Walking Dead: Season Two — Steam game cover

    The Walking Dead: Season Two

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.

    2013Adventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Strange: Double Exposure — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange: Double Exposure

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?

    2024ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Strange: Reunion — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange: Reunion

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?

    2026ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night in the Woods — Steam game cover

    Night in the Woods

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    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.

    2017Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oxenfree — Steam game cover

    Oxenfree

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    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.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heavy Rain — Steam game cover

    Heavy Rain

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    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.

    2020ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beyond: Two Souls — Steam game cover

    Beyond: Two Souls

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    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.

    2020ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan — Steam game cover

    The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.

    2019Adventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Walking Dead — Steam game cover

    The Walking Dead

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.

    2012Adventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Detroit: Become Human — Steam game cover

    Detroit: Become Human

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    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.

    2020ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Disco Elysium - The Final Cut — Steam game cover

    Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

    2019RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Expanse: A Telltale Series — Steam game cover

    The Expanse: A Telltale Series

    Single-player alternative to Life is Strange: Before the Storm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

    Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!

    2023AdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →