Single-player games like Metamorphosis
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Metamorphosis, 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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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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Mundaun
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metamorphosis.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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The Old City: Leviathan
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
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CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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The Last Case of John Morley
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
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Psychonauts
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Metamorphosis.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
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Grounded
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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Nemesis: Distress
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Metamorphosis.
NEMESIS DISTRESS is a unique multiplayer Sci-Fi horror experience that aims at creating unforgettable, cinematic moments. Remember – this is NOT a shooter, in Nemesis you are not the hunter. You are the PREY.
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Interkosmos
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metamorphosis.
Interkosmos is an arcady astronaut adventure in VR. Brace yourself for a rush of hectic gameplay to challenge your inner cosmonaut, and a fun story full of twists and Cold War absurdities.
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Interkosmos 2000
Single-player alternative to Metamorphosis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metamorphosis.
Go to space. Save the Future. Try not to Die. Welcome (back) to the world of Interkosmos for an even wilder, weirder and more wondrous adventure.