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Single-player games like RED: Lucid Nightmare

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to RED: Lucid Nightmare, 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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    Don't Knock Twice — Steam game cover

    Don't Knock Twice

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation — Steam game cover

    Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trover Saves the Universe — Steam game cover

    Trover Saves the Universe

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Emily Wants To Play — Steam game cover

    Emily Wants To Play

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D — Steam game cover

    Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Secret — Steam game cover

    Dead Secret

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .

    2016IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul — Steam game cover

    Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN NON-VR (KEYBOARD/MOUSE AND CONTROLLER) VR HEADSET NO LONGER REQUIRED.“PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive.

    2017AdventureRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scanner Sombre — Steam game cover

    Scanner Sombre

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

    2017IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Balls — Steam game cover

    Star Balls

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Star Balls is an awesome puzzler game that follows three stowaways on a spaceship trying to use their unique skills to navigate the craft and escape. The 3D visuals are incredibly rich, the story is good, there are plenty of levels, power-ups and it’s a must play game.

    2015SportsIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Roboshark Rampage — Steam game cover

    Roboshark Rampage

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Roboshark Rampage is an endless cave swimmer which you simply won't be able to put down. Watch out! Don't get hit by an anchor or mine! There are dangers lurking everywhere.

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Adventures of Spunk Dodgers and Splat — Steam game cover

    The Adventures of Spunk Dodgers and Splat

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Spunk Dodgers and his sidekick Splat are ambushed by a group of space pirates and crash land on a mysterious asteroid! As Splat, dodge wacky space monsters through hazardous terrain on your adventure to help Spunk Dodgers fix your ship!

    2020IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Virballs — Steam game cover

    Virballs

    Single-player alternative to RED: Lucid Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RED: Lucid Nightmare.

    Six outlandish planets are overrun with Virballs - viral elemental creatures that consume each other to create exotic hybrids. Clean up this ecological disaster using Virball hybrids as devastating weapons!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →