Single-player games like DESOLUS
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to DESOLUS, 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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Bugs in Boots
Single-player alternative to DESOLUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLUS.
Explore a vast, mysterious, interconnected world made entirely of clay. Meet strange critters, collect forbidden fruit and uncover the mysteries of this place as you journey to see "The Moon" for the first time.
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Cape Hideous
Single-player alternative to DESOLUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLUS.
Amongst the motliest of all crews, an enigmatic woman prepares the ship to enter an intense thunderstorm raging in the middle of the ocean. What otherworldly mysteries lie within?
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PALINGENESIS
Single-player alternative to DESOLUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DESOLUS.
A music-driven puzzle adventure where sound shapes the world. Solve mysteries, escape the Human Wheel, and experience the album by GRIGS in PALINGENESIS.
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PsyX
Single-player alternative to DESOLUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLUS.
Sometimes, regrets come too late. When you're over 40, you start to rethink your life. You remember people and events that completely changed you. I will tell you 7 stories that happened to me in childhood, after which I became a different person.
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Polly's Puzzle Box
Single-player alternative to DESOLUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLUS.
As a small flea, explore a mysterious puzzle box filled with shapes and secrets. Gather strange items with hidden abilities, and unravel a trail of clues as you attempt to escape.
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DELUCID
Single-player alternative to DESOLUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLUS.
An atmospheric horror game set within an inescapable dream. Trapped in a dark forest, you must explore, forage, and uncover rare ingredients to craft the one potion capable of waking you up.
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Geodyssey
Single-player alternative to DESOLUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLUS.
Geodyssey is a mind-bending first-person adventure game that challenges your perception. Explore spaces that defy logic, Solve perplexing puzzles, and Experience a reality that cannot exist. Immerse in a surreal Non-Euclidean world.
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My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me
Single-player alternative to DESOLUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLUS.
A dreamlike, half-remembered nowhere. Quietly wander through it, solve opaque puzzles, and meet strange figures as something beautiful unwinds.