Single-player games like Lydia
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Lydia, 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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The Cat Lady
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
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Masochisia
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lydia.
A young man discovers through a series of hallucinations that he will grow up to become a violent psychopath. How will he respond to these revelations? Can he change his fate? Can you even... change fate...
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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Leila
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
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Downfall
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
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Lucid Dream Adventure
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
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Torn Away
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
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Monsters of Little Haven
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
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The Path
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
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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Good Mourning
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
Run-based story game. Which mistakes would you repeat if you could?
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Voltage High Society
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A first-person Metroidvania where you fight with your fists. No guns. Explore a prison island crawling with cybernetic horrors, rip new abilities from what you kill, and punch your way to freedom. Inspired by Tetsuo: The Iron Man.