Single-player games like Promesa
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Promesa, 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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Forgetter
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
Forgetter is a destructive journey of pain, memory and artistry. In the future, creative minds can be inherited by clients’ newborns. You're hired to destroy unhealthy memories in the minds of deceased artists. Remember to smash everything. Don't let the artists’ remaining consciousness stop you.
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Fourth Time Around
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again. Survive a home invasion as you recount his life through a series of dreamy vignettes featuring a thief, a friend, a lover, and mysterious bartender.
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Cherophobia
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
You find yourself stranded in a forest after your car breaks down. A short psychological horror game.
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The Beginner's Guide
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
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Anamorphine
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.
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After Work
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
After Work is a short, atmospheric first-person exploration game. The workday is over and it's time to head home. But a familiar way out begins to lead somewhere unfamiliar, gradually taking you further from the ordinary.
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GOLDO: Lost Goblin
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
Guide Goldo, a lost goblin, in this short, surreal stealth adventure: sneak past hostile adventurers, uncover bizarre treasures, and unravel the dungeon's dark mystery!
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Keep It Checked
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
You are an anomaly researcher trapped inside a looping facility. Inspect corridors, identify changes, break the cycle and escape.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Summer in Mara
Single-player alternative to Promesa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Promesa.
Take care of your own island and sail with your boat in this cozy farming adventure! Relax and unwind exploring a tropical archipelago or harvesting your own crops while helping others. Discover the story of Summer in Mara, with farming, crafting and exploring mechanics.