Single-player games like Alien Function
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Alien Function, 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 Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
- 3
Not Another Weekend
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
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Puzzle Agent
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
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The Franz Kafka Videogame
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
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King's Quest
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
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Police Quest: SWAT
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
It's all in a day's work for members of the most elite force in crime fighting history.
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Unicorn Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
Unicorn Dungeon is an absurdist comedy point & click adventure game following the adventures of Sir Typhil of Creulor as he attempts to secure a unicorn to bring to the castle.
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Poltergeist Treasure
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
Poltergeist Treasure is an absurdist comedy point & click adventure game following Sir Typhil of Creulor as he attempts to escape a haunted forest.
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Leprechaun Shadow
Single-player alternative to Alien Function — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alien Function.
Leprechaun Shadow is an absurdist comedy point & click adventure game following Sir Typhil of Creulor as he attempts to catch a rutabaga-stealing killer leprechaun in Yorkwen city.