Single-player games like VirtuaVerse
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to VirtuaVerse, 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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Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.
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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
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Stray
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
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Tales of the Neon Sea
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!
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State of Mind
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future.
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Beyond a Steel Sky
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
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Lucy Dreaming
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
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Dreamfall Chapters
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.
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Technobabylon
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
The Man With The Hat Is Back In His Greatest Adventure Yet! 1939 - The eve of World War II. Nazi agents are about to get their hands on a weapon more dangerous than the atom bomb. Only Indy can stop them before they unleash the deadly secret that sank Atlantis.
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Cyberpunk 2077
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
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NORCO
Single-player alternative to VirtuaVerse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with VirtuaVerse.
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.