Single-player games like Strings Theory
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Strings Theory, 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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IIN
Single-player alternative to Strings Theory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Strings Theory.
IIN is a puzzle platformer where you are a soul that controls cubes, overcoming challenges to bring them to the portal which is their goal.
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Single-player alternative to Strings Theory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strings Theory.
The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.
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Arise: A Simple Story
Single-player alternative to Strings Theory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strings Theory.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
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Trials of Azra
Single-player alternative to Strings Theory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strings Theory.
Play as Sam, a kid that controls the dead! Defeat your enemies with magic and control their bodies to solve challenging puzzles!
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ElecHead
Single-player alternative to Strings Theory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strings Theory.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Strings Theory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strings Theory.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
Single-player alternative to Strings Theory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strings Theory.
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
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Semblance
Single-player alternative to Strings Theory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strings Theory.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.