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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Shy Eye Labyrinth: The Incredible Mystery
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
Shy Eye Labyrinth: The Incredible Mystery is a fast-paced 3D platformer set in a mystical labyrinth. Explore the different parts of the world, find runes to open gates, complete time challenges and unravel the mystery of The Shy Eye.
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Echoes of the Sun
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
This is a moving puzzle adventure story about a teenage girl, Mia, who witnessed the tragic fall of her homeland and the explosion of the Sun. A heavy burden fell on her fragile shoulders - she must restore light to the land and peace in her heart. Will she succeed?
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MemoryMaze
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
MemoryMaze is an atmospheric puzzle-platformer where you roll through vibrant, wind-swept levels, shift realities, and use the environment to solve puzzles. Explore hidden paths in a world full of color and mystery.
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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.
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Timebound
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
An exploration puzzle adventure in mystical ruins. Explore a world filled with puzzles, uncover the magic left behind, discover what's hidden in plain sight, learn the rules and break them.
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The Crow's Eye
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
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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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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The Last Cube
Single-player alternative to Hourglass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass.
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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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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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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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!