Single-player games like Theyest Thou
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Theyest Thou, 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 Ascent
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
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12 is Better Than 6
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
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G2 Fighter / 基因特工
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
G2 FIGHTER is a Low Poly, third-person ARPG. Gameplay includes not only fast-paced shooting, but also role play, team fight, base construction and so many other elements. Step on unknown journey with Bern Pierron to seek for the truth of this chaos world.
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ANNIE:Last Hope
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
“ANNIE:Last Hope” is a HD Voxel top-down shooting game. The story began in 1990s. There was an outbreak of an unknown creature invasion and a couple got separated when escaping. Annie went on her difficult journey in search of her fiance.
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CARRION
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
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Disc Room
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.
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Haimrik
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
Make words come to life in this action adventure unlike any other! Haimrik blends gameplay with the narrative of its story set in medieval times. Combined with crisp humor and rare visual style, Haimrik’s journey is sure to entertain. Word’s the word!
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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Endoparasitic
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Theyest Thou.
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.
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Voyager-19
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Theyest Thou.
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
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Wrought Flesh
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Theyest Thou.
Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints.
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Endoparasitic 2
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
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InterSection
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Theyest Thou.
InterSection is an interdimensional physics puzzle game where you exist in the intersection of two worlds and must manipulate them to pass obstacles.
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StarPrey
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theyest Thou.
Fast-paced top-down physicsy space dogfighting action
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Endoparasitic VR
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Theyest Thou.
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.
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Homauton
Single-player alternative to Theyest Thou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Theyest Thou.
A tiny horror automation game. Trapped in a cramped landing pod with only a hibernation chamber and drone control computer, investigate the abandoned surface of a dead planet and build a rocket to escape before your family back home dies of old age.