Single-player games like HIVESWAP: ACT 2
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to HIVESWAP: ACT 2, 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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Trips'n'Traps - A Vicious Odyssey
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
An AI controls the world. Seven dissident friends, not very bright, meet every day at the park. But one day, our protagonist wakes up… with no memory. Her friends have disappeared. Where have they gone? What does the AI want? And why is our protagonist a Rat Girl?
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Grayton the Detective
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
Grayton the Detective is a narrative adventure game about a homeless man who once lived in wealth and comfort, now showers with a kettle, and solves petty mysteries on the streets of Cleveland. However, with the disappearance of mysterious Golden Spoon, everything may change.
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Once Again
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?
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Leila
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
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The Last Days of Reason
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
A mini-adventure by Poki (known for Dünnes Eis, Deponia, Edna Breaks Out) that takes you back to the time of Aristotle and shortly before the end of Attic democracy. You play Nikki, who wants to be the first woman to be accepted at the Lyceum.
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Death Comes Skiing
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
When a retired cross-country ski team meets to celebrate their past victories, the past soon catches up to them. It's up to you to make sense of the slaughter that follows in this comedic point-and-click murder mystery.
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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
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Lord Winklebottom Investigates
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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HIVESWAP: ACT 1
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
A hand-drawn tribute to hilarious '90s adventure games (with none of the accompanying frustration). Play as Joey Claire, a puzzle-solving teen snatched out of her time (1994) and place (Earth) and stranded on a hostile alien planet on the brink of rebellion.
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Pesterquest
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe, created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie.
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Hiveswap Friendsim
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 2.
You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship.