Single-player games like COCOON
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to COCOON, 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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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with COCOON.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Chants of Sennaar
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
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Creaks
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
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FEZ
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with COCOON.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
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Neva
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
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Gorogoa
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
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Genesis Noir
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with COCOON.
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Death's Door
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Antichamber
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
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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Machinarium
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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ABZU
Single-player alternative to COCOON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with COCOON.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.