Single-player games like Lydia
Below are 14 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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Hell Is Other People
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
A psychological horror adventure about social anxiety. Play as a girl with red hair deemed broken by a black-and-white society. Your mind is your inventory. Manage shifting mental states, befriend your unreliable Alter-Ego and decide: force yourself to conform, or isolate?
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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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Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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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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Keep in Mind: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.
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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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Bad Dream: Coma
Single-player alternative to Lydia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lydia.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
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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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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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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.