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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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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Antichamber
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
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INDIKA
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
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Californium
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?
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Psychroma
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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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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Sunlight
Single-player alternative to Splinter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Splinter.
Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.