Single-player games like Splinter
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Splinter, 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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You Are Weak
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
A ritual for the darkest of times. A game about community and change in a fractured world.
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Exit: A Biodelic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
In the world of excessive biotechnologies, an epidemic is ravaging the human race, infecting people's neuronet implants and enslaving them to the mysterious Worm. Who are you: a fighter of the infection, or a hunter of new prey?
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Lihue
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
Lihue is a narrative adventure that takes place in the dream of a 26-year-old trans girl. Through her memories you will know her deepest desires and fears. Explore the landscapes of her mind to discover the reasons that led her to undertake this journey into the dream world.
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
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.
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Starstruck: Hands of Time
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
Starstruck: Hands of Time is a story-rich rhythm adventure game where you play guitar and abuse time travel! Control a giant hand destroying a miniature town, or play as the two guitarist kids living in it. For extra fun, optionally plug in a Guitar Hero controller!
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RUBATO
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!
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Umurangi Generation
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
Umurangi Generation is a first person photography game in the shitty future. Set in Tauranga Aotearoa off the back of an impending crisis you are a courier for the Tauranga Express. Throughout the game you will unlock a variety of lenses and equipment.
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The Beginner's Guide
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
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.