Single-player games like The Button Witch
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to The Button Witch, 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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Spy Guy Hidden Objects Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
Venture out on a colorful and hand-drawn adventure with Spy Guy! Travel between cities in search of clues and don't let the bad guys get away with the treasures! Will you manage to find them all? Explore the detective world of the bravest Treflik the detective and help him save Treflik City.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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Find My Frogs
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
Find My Frogs is a cozy hidden object game where you search for frogs and toads in a peaceful, hand-drawn village. Explore charming spots, uncover secrets, and help Uncle Froger gather everyone for a family photo.
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Crime O'Clock
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
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Californium
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?
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Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...
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Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery. Also there's a wizard.
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Elroy and the Aliens
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Button Witch.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Button Witch.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
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Corpse Party
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Button Witch.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Mad Father
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
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Dungeon Dreams
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Roguelike Romance JRPG. Customize your characters, take open-ended quests and write your own story in the town of Ecallia. A game with town building, dating and life sim elements, but also a randomly generated Dungeon with lots of companions and loot!
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Dungeon Dreams 2
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Roguelike Romance JRPG. Create your character and get a room at the Magic Academy dormitory, to win the Challenge of the Infinite Dungeon! A game with town building, relationships, and many quests with alternate routes.
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Dungeon Dreams (Female Protagonist)
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Roguelike Romance JRPG with a female protagonist. Customize your characters, take open-ended quests and write your own story in the town of Ecallia. A game with town building, dating and life sim elements, but also a randomly generated Dungeon with lots of companions and loot!
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Faylinn's Quest
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
Develop relationships, customize characters, and live Faylinn's adventure the way you want in this ambitious Adult RPG!
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Patriotika RPG: Shadow World
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Button Witch.
Join Patriotika and her team of superheroines and explore New Haven in this comic book-style pixel art RPG!
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Devil Hearts
Single-player alternative to The Button Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Button Witch.
Hell Tavern Manager Dating RPG. Explore dimensions, cook and sell (or eat) your food, and have fun getting to know the demons of Devil Hearts!