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
Webbed
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.
- 3
Goodboy Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
- 4
Quantum Conundrum
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
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Munin
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.
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Effie
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
Effie is a 3D action-adventure game that combines classic elements from the genre, such as combat, platforming, and puzzles, with the exploration of an expanded world. Live a unique fantasy adventure and relive the look and feel of old-school video-games!
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Blocks That Matter
Single-player alternative to Alien Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alien Escape.
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.