Single-player games like Alien Life Lab
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Alien Life Lab, 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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Space Station Sprint
Single-player alternative to Alien Life Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
Space Station Sprint is fast paced sci-fi first person shooter. Infiltrate each space station and complete your objective before your escape ship is spotted by the enemy. Use special abilities, find permanent upgrades, time bonuses, collectibles, and secrets throughout each space station.
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My Friendly Neighborhood
Single-player alternative to Alien Life Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.
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Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Alien Life Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to Alien Life Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Dead Space™ 2
Single-player alternative to Alien Life Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Alien Life Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Life Lab.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Unsafe Express
Single-player alternative to Alien Life Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alien Life Lab.
Unsafe Express is a cooperative first-person survival horror game for 1-4 players. Navigate through space stations, collect materials and outlast your enemies! Choose your objective based on complexity levels, then cast your vote. Gather items, exterminate hostiles, fulfill missions and repeat!
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RIPOUT
Single-player alternative to Alien Life Lab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alien Life Lab.
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.