Single-player games like Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale, 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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Unpacking
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
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Paper Trail
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.
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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
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Lost in Play
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.
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Room to Grow
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
Tackle thorny problems in this plant pushing puzzle game. Learn to maneuver like a cactus as you grow your way back to the desert!
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Pine Hearts
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
Pine Hearts is a wholesome and tender adventure about nostalgic journeys, overcoming loss, and helping others. Embark on a cozy hiking expedition to the sprawling Pine Hearts nature reserve and scale the mountain your father never managed to climb.
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LEGO® Builder's Journey
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
LEGO Builder’s Journey is an atmospheric, geometric puzzle game that asks us to sometimes follow the instructions… and sometimes to break the rules.
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The Gardens Between
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
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Last Days of Lazarus
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
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The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?
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The Crimson Maid
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay. Immerse yourself in a period drama that intertwines romance with murder mystery, as a young cleric who must resist or give in to the charms of a strikingly beautiful maid.
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The Fall of Elena Temple
Single-player alternative to Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale.
Fall from a ledge, collect the coins below, then undo back to where you fell from, with the coins in your pocket! An old-school puzzle platformer in which you explore rooms, avoid perils and collect all coins to progress. Missed some coins? Fall, collect, undo! Falling into some spikes? Undo!!