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Single-player games like Lake Ridden

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Lake Ridden, 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 Fidelio Incident — Steam game cover

    The Fidelio Incident

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    The Fidelio Incident is a single-player, first-person thriller set off the coast of Iceland. Inspired by Beethoven's only opera Fidelio. After a violent plane crash, Stanley must search a desolate frozen island in search of his wife Leonore while covering up any traces of their bloody Irish past.

    2017IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Everybody's Gone to the Rapture — Steam game cover

    Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Station — Steam game cover

    The Station

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

    2018IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tacoma — Steam game cover

    Tacoma

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gray Dawn — Steam game cover

    Gray Dawn

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aporia: Beyond The Valley — Steam game cover

    Aporia: Beyond The Valley

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.

    2017IndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Riven — Steam game cover

    Riven

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Marie's Room — Steam game cover

    Marie's Room

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Myst — Steam game cover

    Myst

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dear Esther — Steam game cover

    Dear Esther

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2012IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gone Home — Steam game cover

    Gone Home

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Firewatch — Steam game cover

    Firewatch

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Her 她 — Steam game cover

    Her 她

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lake Ridden.

    This is a antique style game with TCG & LVG ,you need to carry out the character training of Katie (heroine) in 90 days and finish all the plots. There are 21 endings.

    2018IndieSimulationCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of the Sea — Steam game cover

    Call of the Sea

    Single-player alternative to Lake Ridden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake Ridden.

    Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →