Single-player games like Superliminal
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Superliminal, 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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Viewfinder
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Superliminal.
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
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Skyward Dream
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Superliminal.
Explore the depths of your mind in Skyward Dream. A first-person platforming adventure set within the interconnected layers of your mind. Navigate surreal dreamscapes, unlock platforming abilities, and confront your inner demons. Can you overcome the challenges of your subconsciousness?
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Backrooms: Into the Hole
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Superliminal.
Discover an in-between space inspired by the Backrooms series. Make your way forward by jumping into holes, find alternative paths, and survive in this labyrinthine dimension. Play solo or in co-op mode and choose your path to the exit… if there is one.
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Leap of Phase: Samantha
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Superliminal.
You thought it would be the chance of a lifetime when tech giant IRT hired you to work in their new testing facility. But now… you’re a guinea pig for experimental teleporting technology and suspect that something is wrong with this company. Very wrong...
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Dreams of Pain
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Superliminal.
Dreams of Pain is a highly experimental first-person point-and-click experience. The game delivers a strange story about the declining attention spans of modern people. Storytelling involves alternate reality game aspects. The game is extremely difficult.
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Sucker head: Bodycam
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Superliminal.
A co-op horror game. In it, players take on the role of a group of people who are trapped, full of dangers and horrors. The goal of the game is to get out by solving puzzles, avoiding traps and fighting monsters.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Superliminal.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Fumiko!
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Superliminal.
This gravity-defying 3D Platformer takes you on a surreal trip through a twisted virtual network. Uncover the secrets this world tries to hide from you: an artificial intelligence named Fumiko!
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Superliminal.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Superliminal.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Superliminal.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Superliminal.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Superliminal.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Single-player alternative to Superliminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.