Single-player games like VITAL
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to VITAL, 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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Portal
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
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 Last Cube
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
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Viewfinder
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
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The Crow's Eye
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.
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Supraland
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
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Youropa
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
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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Gone Golfing
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
Gone Golfing is a first person golfing survival horror. Try to finish the course with as few strokes as possible while surviving the horrors lurking at the cozy cove mini golf resort.
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Pain Party
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
Pain Party is a game that combines precise movement mechanics with the chaos of a game show. Fight through the story mode or compete with up to 24 players in the online party mode. But remember, one hit and it's all over. Let the party begin!
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Godfist
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
Godfist is a single-player first person roguelike deck builder, where you have to punch enemies off the tower to progress. Your mission is to climb to the top of the tower and punch god in the face.
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ENDLOOP
Single-player alternative to VITAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VITAL.
You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.