Single-player games like Timelie
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Timelie, 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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Braid
Single-player alternative to Timelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Timelie.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
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Loophole
Single-player alternative to Timelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Timelie.
A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.
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Stela
Single-player alternative to Timelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timelie.
Stela is a cinematic, atmospheric platformer about a young woman witnessing the final days of a mysterious ancient world.
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Chronology
Single-player alternative to Timelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timelie.
A platform-adventure game about time travelling, puzzle solving and a friendship between an Old Inventor and a Snail.
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Arise: A Simple Story
Single-player alternative to Timelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timelie.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
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The Sexy Brutale
Single-player alternative to Timelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timelie.
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
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The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Single-player alternative to Timelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timelie.
Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!
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Super Puzzled Cat
Single-player alternative to Timelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timelie.
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.