Single-player games like Taiji
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Taiji, 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 Witness
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Taiji.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Lingo
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Taiji.
Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Taiji.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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The Artisan of Glimmith
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Taiji.
The Artisan of Glimmith is a cozy, relaxing puzzle game about coloring stained glass and restoring the artworks of a kingdom above the clouds. Explore a world of handcrafted puzzles designed with intent, where simple rules lead to delightful surprises.
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Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Taiji.
The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!
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CIPHER ZERO
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Taiji.
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
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Obduction
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Taiji.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Taiji.
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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TUNIC
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Taiji.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
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Tametsi
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Taiji.
Tametsi is a difficult logic game played on a set of tiles, in which you must use the clues provided to discover and mark hidden mines.
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Minesweeper Classy
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Taiji.
A modern and stylish take on a classic logic puzzle game. Play the classic minesweeper levels, beat unique level layouts and challenges, or create and share your own level designs. Features a ton of customization options.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Taiji.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Islands of Insight
Single-player alternative to Taiji — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Taiji.
Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.