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
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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.