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Single-player games like Little Misfortune

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Little Misfortune, 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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    Fran Bow — Steam game cover

    Fran Bow

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

    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.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anna's Quest — Steam game cover

    Anna's Quest

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

    With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.

    2015IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Almost My Floor — Steam game cover

    Almost My Floor

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

    Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GESTALT: The Fifth Day — Steam game cover

    GESTALT: The Fifth Day

    Single-player alternative to Little Misfortune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Misfortune.

    Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.

    2024IndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Lovely Daughter — Steam game cover

    My Lovely Daughter

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

    My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bulb Boy — Steam game cover

    Bulb Boy

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

    One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.

    2015IndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LISA: The Painful — Steam game cover

    LISA: The Painful

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

    The miserable journey of a broken man...

    2014IndieAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MOOD — Steam game cover

    MOOD

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

    MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!

    2025IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    OMORI — Steam game cover

    OMORI

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

    Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LIMBO — Steam game cover

    LIMBO

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

    Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

    2011ActionIndieAdventure12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sanitarium — Steam game cover

    Sanitarium

    Single-player alternative to Little Misfortune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Misfortune.

    Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.

    2014Adventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Door - Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    The Last Door - Collector's Edition

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

    Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lorelai — Steam game cover

    Lorelai

    Single-player alternative to Little Misfortune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Misfortune.

    The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...

    2019Adventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Darkwood — Steam game cover

    Darkwood

    Single-player alternative to Little Misfortune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Misfortune.

    Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

    2017ActionStrategyAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →