Single-player games like Ever Forward
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Ever Forward, 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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GRIS
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
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Neva
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
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Filament
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ever Forward.
Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).
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Projection: First Light
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
Projection: First Light follows Greta on a puzzle-platforming adventure through a mythological shadow puppet world, as she embarks on a journey across cultures meeting legendary heroes.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Evan's Remains
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
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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YesterMorrow
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.
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Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
Meet Lumote, the squishiest bioluminescent creature, in this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer. Take control of the world’s inhabitants on a quest into the Great Depths to seize control from the Mastermote.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — 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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Gravity Field
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Gravity Field is a spatial-logic puzzle game with time inverted objects, with no top or bottom.
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My Time at Portia
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
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My Time at Sandrock
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
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Let's School
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Ever Forward.
Dive into the exhilarating role of a headmaster entrusted to revive your alma mater! Beyond just bricks and mortar, train teachers, recruit students. Sculpt your school into a unique educational haven! Let's School!
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Planet Explorers
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ever Forward.
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
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Ever Forward Prologue
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ever Forward.
A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.
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Let's School Homeroom
Single-player alternative to Ever Forward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Ever Forward.
Let's School: Homeroom is the prologue of Let's School. You can experience 2 weeks of in game time. If you like the experience, please go to Let's School Full Version's Store page and add to wishlist!