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Single-player games like Through Abandoned: The Refuge

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Through Abandoned: The Refuge, 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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    Through Abandoned: The Forest — Steam game cover

    Through Abandoned: The Forest

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.

    2016IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Through Abandoned: The Underground City — Steam game cover

    Through Abandoned: The Underground City

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Universe For Sale — Steam game cover

    Universe For Sale

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    A space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. A bizarre bazaar where a young, worried woman crafts entire universes in the palm of her hand. A mysterious cultist who's stripped the flesh from his bones in order to reach enlightenment. Here, there's a universe for sale. You buying?

    2023IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Twelve Minutes — Steam game cover

    Twelve Minutes

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.

    2021IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Syberia: The World Before — Steam game cover

    Syberia: The World Before

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.

    2022Adventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elroy and the Aliens — Steam game cover

    Elroy and the Aliens

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.

    2025Adventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ghost on the Shore — Steam game cover

    Ghost on the Shore

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

    2022Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Perfect Day — Steam game cover

    A Perfect Day

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Forest — Steam game cover

    The Forest

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Guest — Steam game cover

    The Guest

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Myst — Steam game cover

    Myst

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    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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    Submachine: Legacy — Steam game cover

    Submachine: Legacy

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.

    2023IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Undergrounders — Steam game cover

    The Undergrounders

    Single-player alternative to Through Abandoned: The Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through Abandoned: The Refuge.

    Play as Jack in this first-person thriller where your choices determine his fate. Uncover dark secrets, solve puzzles, and navigate a world of mystery and emotional drama to save yourself and your daughter.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →