Single-player games like Alien Escape
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Alien Escape, 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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Algae
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alien Escape.
A cute 2D puzzler where you take control of imaginatively named 'Algae' - an experimental sentient algae. Use Algae's abilities to clone and morph through mind-bending puzzles, avoiding enemies at every turn to break free from the confines of it's world...
- 2
Space Ducks: The great escape
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alien Escape.
In this cosmic puzzle adventure, help a lost tribe of duck-people in their millennial quest for a stable world!
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Wark & Wimble
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
Eat food, hatch eggs and solve puzzles in this 2D puzzle game. Use the characters to arrange objects while avoiding deadly traps and enemies.
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The Perplexing Orb
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
Experience a puzzle platforming challenge like no other! Roll through over 60 single player stages collecting artifacts, navigating obstacles, and knocking over the finish post to achieve victory!
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Boris the Sloth
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
Navigate Boris the Sloth through an existential crisis in this cute and challenging Slothadelic Crawlformer. Transition between the world of the living and the spirit realm where you can alter nature, master gravity, and warp time in order to solve puzzles and fight off dangerous animals.
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Maggie the Magnet
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alien Escape.
Science doesn't have to be boring! Use the powers of gravity and magnetic attraction to fling yourself across the laboratory and help Maggie solve dozens of puzzles to fulfill her mission as a researcher!
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Mouse Dreams
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alien Escape.
This fun puzzle platformer may seem simple - get the cheese then escape to the exit - but the challenge grows with each level, and even seasoned puzzle gamers will be stumped by the tricky puzzles in Mouse Dreams.
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Mondrian 99
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alien Escape.
In "Mondrian 99", You can complete the level by Running and Jumping, or by Sprinting and Gliding. It all depends on you. In short, just reach the finish line - the way you pass the level is up to your imagination.