Single-player games like Wave of Time
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Wave of Time, 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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Mushroom Cats 2
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
Mushroom Cats 2 - is a cute point-and-click game about Mushroom Cats that live on magical islands. Any girl will melt from tenderness, and the kids will be delighted with the funny Mushroom Cats! This fairy tale will fill any heart with good!
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Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
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My Brother Rabbit
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
My Brother Rabbit is a beautifully drawn exploration adventure and puzzle game set in a surreal world that mixes reality with a child’s imagination.
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Hidden Folks
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!
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The Tiny Bang Story
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...
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FIND ALL 4: Magic
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
Find over 800 cute animals and objects in a lot of levels of varying difficulty. The magical black and white world comes alive after coloring. Relax and enjoy playing.
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FIND ALL 3: Travel
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
Look for hidden cats, raccoons, other animals and objects, color this painted world. You have to go on an exciting journey through different levels. More than 1500 items of varying difficulty are waiting for you!
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Little hidden city
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
Do you think you are an astute observer — an experienced hidden-object-finder? Try one of the most difficult games of this genre: Little Hidden City! Here you will find tons of well-hidden objects in six different, very detailed and varied levels.
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Legacy - Witch Island
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
In this mystical hidden object adventure you strand on a mystical island ruled by an evil witch. Now the people of the island are depending on you to break the witch’s spell.
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Invasion: Lost in Time
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
Play a great science fiction based hidden object adventure. Travel back in time with alien technology and infringe a sinister invasion plan of an alien race that wants to conquer the world. Find hundreds of hidden objects and solve fiddly mini games.
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Invasion 2: Doomed
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
In the hidden object adventure "Invasion 2: Doomed" the Earthly day has suddenly become several minutes shorter and an abnormal hurricane zone has formed in the tropics. Will you be able to save the earth from destruction?
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Legacy - Witch Island 2
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wave of Time.
In the second part of the hidden object adventure you are back on the mystery island and it’s clear your previous adventure wasn’t a dream. The island really exists, and the witch has regained her power. Can you defeat her?
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Save the Planet
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Wave of Time.
Naturally, your number one task is to kill the monsters! Just don’t let them cross the red line on the right. Track your progress as you go and Save the Planet in 60 match3 levels with escalating complexity!
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Legacy - Witch Island 3
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Wave of Time.
Your next hidden object adventure on Witch Island is about to begin! It’s up to you now, to take on these unique puzzle challenges to stop the evil witch and save two worlds from certain destruction!
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ClearIt 13
Single-player alternative to Wave of Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Wave of Time.
"ClearIt 13" is a large and bright game that includes over 220 multiple levels of various complexity with Match3 gameplay.