Single-player games like Shady Part of Me
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Shady Part of Me, 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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The Five Covens
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
This project is a 3D video game of adventures and puzzles that is set in a world of medieval fantasy, more specifically in the folklore of witchcraft and magic.
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Papo & Yo
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.
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Hiding Star
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Single player game with puzzle elements and survival in a mysterious building, where you are chased by a mad attraction - Toothy Jack, who serves Hostess. Use ToyGun to solve puzzles and move forward
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Repressed
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Play as a shadow that’s on a journey inside your mind. Find answers to the questions bothering you. Navigate the maze that is your memory, and ease your mind in the process.
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TECHNOSPHERE RELOAD
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Go on a dangerous journey into the heart of asteroid to save humanity from disaster! Control the TECHNOSPHERE, roll, jump, balance, solve puzzles and go through the mazes.
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A Juggler's Tale
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?
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Caretaker
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Tasked with investigating mysterious disappearances of local children, you are pulled into another world. In this horror/puzzle game, work your way through a mysterious playland dimension using toys to navigate and solve puzzles to uncover secrets. Be careful, something might be waiting for you...
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Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!
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Contrast
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
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GRIS
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
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The Last Campfire
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
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Little Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
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The Pedestrian
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Shady Part of Me — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shady Part of Me.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO