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Single-player games like Hand Shadow

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Hand Shadow, 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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    Eliminate Drips - 消灭水滴 — Steam game cover

    Eliminate Drips - 消灭水滴

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hand Shadow.

    A brainstorming game relax you .

    2021StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tiki Tiki: The Tropical Memory Game — Steam game cover

    Tiki Tiki: The Tropical Memory Game

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hand Shadow.

    Tiki Tiki: The Tropical Memory Game is a family friendly memory game where all can improve their memory, speed of thinking. With 3 game modes and 3 difficulties its the perfect way to train your brain.

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boxed In — Steam game cover

    Boxed In

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hand Shadow.

    'Boxed In' was designed and developed for VR and can also be enjoyed in the "traditional" way using either keyboard & mouse or a controller. You must clear the room of coloured cubes by creating matches. The cubes can come from in-front, above, or below. Just make sure you don't get...Boxed In!

    2017IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Manifold Garden — Steam game cover

    Manifold Garden

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lamentum — Steam game cover

    Lamentum

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    2Dark — Steam game cover

    2Dark

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    2Dark is a stealth adventure game developed by Frédérick Raynal, the pioneer of survival horror games and creator of Alone in the Dark®. Make your way through the lairs of psychopaths, unravel intrigue where madness mingles with horror, and, above all, save the kids!

    2017IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Wolf Among Us — Steam game cover

    The Wolf Among Us

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Hand Shadow.

    From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

    2013ActionAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Papetura — Steam game cover

    Papetura

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Apartament 1406: Horror — Steam game cover

    Apartament 1406: Horror

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THE IMPOSSIBLE — Steam game cover

    THE IMPOSSIBLE

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Play With Me: Escape Room — Steam game cover

    Play With Me: Escape Room

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet — Steam game cover

    Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hand Shadow.

    Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Create a supermarket, sex shop, games store or a store with good Polish vodka. Place your logo, hire employees, expand your car fleet, build offices and parking lots, create a chain of stores and more!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resoraki: The racing — Steam game cover

    Resoraki: The racing

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    Take the wheel of a toy car and race on beautiful tracks in Poland, Finland, Australia, and Greece. Compete in championships, arcade, and time trials. Play solo or with a friend online (Remote Play Together) or locally. Buy now and take part in unforgettable races!

    2023ActionSportsIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MUMBA IV: Egypt Jewels — Steam game cover

    MUMBA IV: Egypt Jewels

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hand Shadow.

    Your task in MUMBA IV is to destroy coloured jewels in a limited number of moves and earn the highest possible number of points. The players of all age groups will definitely like amazing graphics and fun gameplay. MUMBA is watching You. He won't give you the jewels.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bro, where's My head??? — Steam game cover

    Bro, where's My head???

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hand Shadow.

    My name is Odin. I come from the land of darkness and I want to take over the world. 3 days ago I tried to resurrect the undeath. Unfortunately, something went wrong because the skeletons don't have heads, can you help Me find their heads? When I rule the world, I will leave You alone.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ASMR LIGHTness - Light painting — Steam game cover

    ASMR LIGHTness - Light painting

    Single-player alternative to Hand Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hand Shadow.

    ASMR LIGHTness uses AI (Artificial Intelligence) to recognize shapes in sandbox mode, and ASMR sounds/music reduce stress and let you relax, also ASMR LIGHTness can be just an atmospheric puzzle game with 60 levels.

    2021IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →