Single-player games like Answer Knot
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Answer Knot, 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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Thirty Flights of Loving
Single-player alternative to Answer Knot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Answer Knot.
This surprising first-person story tells the tale of a heist gone wrong. Encounter high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.
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The Gardens Between
Single-player alternative to Answer Knot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Answer Knot.
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to Answer Knot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Answer Knot.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to Answer Knot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Answer Knot.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Answer Knot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Answer Knot.
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
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Year Walk
Single-player alternative to Answer Knot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Answer Knot.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to Answer Knot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Answer Knot.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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That Dragon, Cancer
Single-player alternative to Answer Knot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Answer Knot.
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.