Single-player games like Wanderer
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Wanderer, 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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Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wanderer.
Step into the unknown and embark on an epic, time travel adventure, completely re-imagined. Introducing Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate, a remake of the critically acclaimed VR adventure game - Wanderer. There’s no telling where you’ll go and who you’ll become as you unravel the mysteries of time.
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Time Lock VR 1
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wanderer.
A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.
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Metro Awakening
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wanderer.
Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.
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Transpose
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wanderer.
Transpose is a dreamlike and gravity-defying time manipulation puzzle game in VR. It challenges players to solve increasingly complex physics puzzles as they explore an extraordinarily surreal world.
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Red Matter 2
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wanderer.
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
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TimeShift™
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wanderer.
Master time to become the ultimate weapon! Dr. Aiden Krone has made a Time Jump across the space-time continuum - a reckless act with frightening consequences. Now, a disturbing alternate reality has evolved within the bleak and rain-soaked Alpha District.
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We Are One
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wanderer.
We Are One is a brain-bending VR puzzle-shooter with an unforgettable twist. Record and clone your actions, make time loops and bring the fight to the evils of industrialization. Master 50 meticulously crafted levels in the campaign and limitless new challenges with the Level Creator!
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Singularity™
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wanderer.
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Wanderer.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Riven
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Wanderer.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Wanderer.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Red Matter
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Wanderer.
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
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Firmament
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Wanderer.
Firmament is a new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms… and beyond!
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wanderer.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).