Single-player games like Hourglass: Prologue
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Hourglass: Prologue, 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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Twelve Minutes
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass: Prologue.
An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
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The Sexy Brutale
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass: Prologue.
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
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Braid
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hourglass: Prologue.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
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Hourglass
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass: Prologue.
In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hourglass: Prologue.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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The Forgotten City
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass: Prologue.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass: Prologue.
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).
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass: Prologue.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Solarpunk™
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hourglass: Prologue.
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
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Balloon Flight
Single-player alternative to Hourglass: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hourglass: Prologue.
Balloon Flight is a crazy First-Person Arcade Game where you can spawn and pop balloons wherever you want. Jump on on your glider and fly as far as possible before time runs out!