Single-player games like Beyond a Steel Sky
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Beyond a Steel Sky, 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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Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.
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Welcome To Mars 9
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
You wake up in a luxurious space station orbiting Mars with no memory of your past. Explore, solve puzzles, and make ethical choices in this narrative adventure with multiple endings.
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VirtuaVerse
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
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Whispers of a Machine
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
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Primordia
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
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Dreamfall Chapters
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.
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Jack Move
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
Jack Move is a JRPG that features a unique blend of gritty cyberpunk story telling, turn based battles and beautiful modern pixel art. Take on the role of Noa, a vigilante hacker who is thrust into a world of murder, kidnapping and dark research after her father goes missing.
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
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Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series. Playing as intrepid American George Stobbart and sassy French journalist Nico Collard, you find yourself on the trail of a stolen painting – and a murderous conspiracy...
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Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
‘Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Remastered’ is a stunning update to the multi million-selling original. A mysterious escapade of intrigue and deceit, in which journalist Nico Collard and her adventuring companion George Stobbart must overcome powerful forces from fulfilling their evil ambitions.
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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
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Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003)
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
An ancient conspiracy. A broken code. An unsolved murder. Welcome to Broken Sword – The Sleeping Dragon, the multi BAFTA-nominated adventure. Once more George and Nico must travel the world, wrestling danger, and piecing together the clues that will unravel the secrets of the Sleeping Dragon.
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Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged
Single-player alternative to Beyond a Steel Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beyond a Steel Sky.
The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.