Single-player games like Night in Riverager
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Night in Riverager, 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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My Beautiful Paper Smile
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
Welcome, child, to your new home. Here you shall learn the art of perfection. Here you shall learn to smile. Be sure that smile doesn’t fade into sadness, or you will need to run and hide…
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Tales from Candleforth
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.
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My Brother Rabbit
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
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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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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The Franz Kafka Videogame
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
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Monochroma
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
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Landlord of the Woods
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
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Rusty Lake Hotel
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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Choo-Choo Charles
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.
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CUFFBUST
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
Escape prison with your friends by equipping tools, evading guards, and executing your breakout plan. Destructible environments, proximity chat, a multitude of escape routes, 10 player lobbies, and a full custom map editor!
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My Friend is a Raven
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.
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Cloud Climber
Single-player alternative to Night in Riverager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night in Riverager.
A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.