Single-player games like Lightstep Chronicles
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Lightstep Chronicles, 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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Blame Echoes
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
Blame Echoes is a first-person psychological horror under a frozen planet in alien ruins. Playing as pilot Adam Lorn, you explore a forgotten complex for your missing wife while facing a presence that somehow already knows you.
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Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
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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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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Choice of Robots
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lightstep Chronicles.
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
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Rumu
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
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SIMULACRA 2
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lightstep Chronicles.
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
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The Ballad Singer
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
The Ballad Singer is an asymmetric adventure, inspired by RPGs and game books, where you can experience many dynamic stories. Forge the fate of Hesperia through the stories of four different adventurers in a fantasy world completely illustrated and narrated.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
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.
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Riven
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
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.
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Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
Travel through five mind-bending worlds to discover the ancient secret of Alchemy that will free the trapped souls from evil’s grip…Do you dare enter the Forbidden Lands?
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Dark Parables: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
Beware of the purple tide!
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Hidden Expedition: The Crown of Solomon Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
The expedition continues...
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Off the Record: The Linden Shades Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
A mysterious figure in red!
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Vermillion Watch: Moorgate Accord Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
Who broke the agreement between good and evil?
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Dark Parables: The Swan Princess and The Dire Tree Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
Treachery to behold!
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Off the Record: The Italian Affair Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
Catch a ‘Foxy’ thief!
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Hidden Expedition: Dawn of Prosperity Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
What's hiding under the dome?
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Final Cut: Death on the Silver Screen Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightstep Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lightstep Chronicles.
Save your brother before the final cut!