Single-player games like The Sundew
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Sundew, 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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Drown the Bride
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
A short interactive adventure about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.
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Whispers of a Machine
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
- 3
VirtuaVerse
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
- 4
The Captain
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?
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The Abandoned Planet
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
- 6
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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Heaven's Vault
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
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Death of the Reprobate
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
Explore a world built from the luscious landscapes, turbulent townscapes and preposterous portraits of real Renaissance paintings. Death of the Reprobate is a Rabelaisian adventure game from the creator of Four Last Things and The Procession to Calvary.
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Technobabylon
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to The Sundew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sundew.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.