Single-player games like Dum-Dum
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dum-Dum, 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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Objects in Space
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dum-Dum.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
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Malware
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dum-Dum.
Malware lurks where you least expect it. Unscrupulous software vendors have hidden traps inside legitimate installers — can you spot them all and keep your computer clean?
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dum-Dum.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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The Roottrees are Dead
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dum-Dum.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
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Hypnospace Outlaw
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dum-Dum.
Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!
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Mr. Robot
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dum-Dum.
Asimov is a lowly service mechanoid aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. Carrying hundreds of frozen human colonists to a new world. When the Eidolon's computer brain malfunctions, it falls to Asimov to undertake a perilous journey through the bowels of the massive ship to save his robot friends and the precious human cargo. Mr.
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dum-Dum.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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The Magic Circle
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dum-Dum.
In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game, and your designers have failed you. Steal the power of a game god - trap their creations, swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Can you release a game ...from the inside?
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Hogogeist
Single-player alternative to Dum-Dum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dum-Dum.
In this retro-style first person stealth game, hunt for ghosts in an abandoned building, and discover why Building Six mysteriously sunk underground five years ago...and why it has now returned.