Single-player games like Sideral
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Sideral, 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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Escape Simulator 2
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.
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Riven
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
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Cartonfall
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
It was another night shift at your job in a warehouse, when a madman with a box on his head, took control over the complex. Now you are under his control, to get out of here you have to solve his wicked riddles and smash through his weird cardboard structures by using anything you find in the boxes.
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Machinika: Museum
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
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Hourglass
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.
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Memorrha
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
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Lightmatter
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.
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The Ball
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
As a swashbuckling archaeologist, unlock the mystery of the ancient ruins that have been hidden for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball.
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Crafting Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sideral.
THE ROAD DESIGN-CRAFTING-TYCOON GAME !!
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Sea Explorer
Single-player alternative to Sideral — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sideral.
Sea explorer is a single player adventure with upgrade/RPG elements about exploration of a big blue sea...