Single-player games like Wanderer
Below are 15 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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Five dreams
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wanderer.
You can have an adventure into the ancient temple, or raft on the mysterious seas, and meet up with giant unknown creatures... We provide five VR dreams in which players are free to explore the most fantastic scenes, along with the totally immersive experience.
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Bullet Time Agent
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wanderer.
Bullet Time Agent is a sci-fi action-adventure bullet hell. Slow time and dodge storms of bullets as you punch your way through robot-filled arenas. Leap past laser obstacles with super-powered jumps. Take down increasingly intense bosses as you rewind your own death...again.
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PLASMATIC VR
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wanderer.
Plasmatic is a puzzle-solving game where every level is a race against the clock. Follow the clues provided by an AI named SPIRIT, who will guide you through a series of increasingly difficult puzzles. Discover new levels, unfold the story, and decide its ending for yourself.
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Dragon Fury VR
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wanderer.
This is a fast-paced VR combat game you can control time by use magic, it also has tower defense, melee, archery elements. In this world you will experience the thrills of classic shooter and battle, the charisma of arcane magic.
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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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The Time Machine
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Wanderer.
This 'time machine' takes you where others won't.
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Time Patrol
Single-player alternative to Wanderer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wanderer.
Travel back in time with the Time Patrols, and prove your aptitude by completing demanding missions at various moments in the past and the present. Now it's up to you and your trusty handgun!
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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 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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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).