Single-player games like The Gardener and the Wild Vines
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Gardener and the Wild Vines, 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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Bleb
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Bleb is a platformer in which you will have to think, jump and die! You'll encounter a variety of levels, ranging from simple platforms to epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in a black and white adventure that will break your brain.
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Joon Shining
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Master the elements. Explore mystical worlds. Harness ancient powers. Joon Shining is an enchanted golf-like platformer with a fantasy twist. Use magic to bend physics, influence environments, and make impossible shots, as you puzzle your way through a strange & mythic multiverse
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Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay!
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Afterlove EP
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
From the creator of Coffee Talk and What Comes After, comes a slice-of-life adventure set in modern Jakarta about love, loss and finding your own way forward. Step into the shoes of Rama, a young musician struggling to move on with life after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta.
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Life is Strange: True Colors
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
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NODE The Last Favor of the Antarii
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
NODE is a 2.5D puzzle platformer with Timeline-based navigation set in a Cold War era nuclear complex. Plan a route for your robot, strategize, sequence commands and execute them to navigate between checkpoints. Try again. And again. Influence the story with your choices and solve the mystery.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Steven Universe: Save the Light
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Join the Crystal Gems on the ultimate quest! A mysterious new Gem has stolen a powerful weapon. Only Steven and his friends have what it takes to stop her. “Save the Light” is a unique RPG hybrid that combines real-time and turn-based combat.
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Void Sols
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
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TwinCop
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
TwinCop is the most cooperative game, EVER. Play this action-packed, co-op, twin-stick shooter with your best bud or significant other. You and your friend are TwinCop: One player controls the right arm; the other controls the left arm; both of you control movement.
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Containment
Single-player alternative to The Gardener and the Wild Vines — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Gardener and the Wild Vines.
Containment is a turn-based, minimalist strategy game about managing the growth of bacteria. Use antibiotics to keep their power under control as you work towards containment.