Single-player games like Stranded 2
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Stranded 2, 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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Tachyon Dreams Anthology
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
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Ozapell Mystery Text Adventure
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
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Crossword City Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Stranded 2.
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
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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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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Overboard!
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
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Dyping Escape
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.
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Not For Broadcast
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
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Fungoids - Steam version
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Stranded 2.
Fungoids is a classic styled, retro themed plant bomber, inspired by the games of the 1980's. Play in 2 modes, Classic, for the original experience, or Alpha for extended game play.
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Solar Wind
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Stranded 2.
Blast your way through a galaxy of planets in this fast paced, side scrolling shoot 'em up. Fight in deep space, fly through asteroid belts, and battle across moons as you take on the alien menace.
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Firebird - Steam version
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Stranded 2.
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
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Solstice
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
Solstice is a turn-based, menu driven war-game, set in a large, open fantasy world, inspired by the retro classics of the past.
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The Eye of Borrack
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded 2.
The Eye of Borrack will take you back to yesteryear, with our take on the classic text adventure. You'll put the world of action games to one side, as you delve deeply into a rich, funny, imagination led text adventure.
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Zannon
Single-player alternative to Stranded 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.