Single-player games like Hourglass
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Hourglass, 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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The Talos Principle 2
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hourglass.
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
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Timelie
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.
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Arise: A Simple Story
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
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 Pedestrian
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
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Viewfinder
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
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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Braid
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hourglass.
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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BOOR
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
BOOR is a 2D puzzle-platformer game, where you play as a girl with the ability to multiply herself, stranded on Eden, a beautiful but strange world, full of challenging puzzles with platforming elements and a refreshing gameplay.
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Evan's Remains
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.
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The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
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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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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RiME
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hourglass.
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — 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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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
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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Solarpunk™
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
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Balloon Flight
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hourglass.
Balloon Flight is a crazy First-Person Arcade Game where you can spawn and pop balloons wherever you want. Jump on on your glider and fly as far as possible before time runs out!
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Hourglass: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
Hourglass: Prologue is the first part of the puzzle-adventure „Hourglass“ where you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. Play as Aywa, a young adventurer traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.