Single-player games like Going the Distance
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Going the Distance, 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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IN SILICO
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
In a distant future humanity is enslaved in a simulation. Now that you are awake, can you escape from reality too?
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Deer & Boy
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.
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永夜镇EternalNightTown
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
Eternal Night Town is a horror game. Protagonist Xu Fan unexpectedly got a lawyer's letter about his great - aunt's inheritance. Curious, he went to her hometown. In the village, the people seemed oddly strange. Then, he entered a journey he couldn't escape.
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Hunger Lane
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Going the Distance.
A story-driven horror platformer about a boy uncovering the secrets of a quiet city where monsters hunt humans after dark. Will you discover what lies behind the disappearances before it finds you?
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Best Month Ever!
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
🚗 Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter! ✅
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妄生 - Wandering Souls
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance. Through delicate narrative and profound character creation, it brings players an immersive audio-visual experience.
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Goodnight Universe
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
From the creators of Before Your Eyes — You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.
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Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: Closure Edition
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.
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Dread X Collection 2
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
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Dread X Collection
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
10 Tales of Terror from 10 Twisted Minds. Made in only 7 Sleepless Nights. The Dread X Collection is a series of small games created by some of the most talented indie devs around, all with the same mission: create the P.T. for the horror project of their dreams.
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GlitchSPANKR
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Going the Distance.
GlitchSPANKR is a comedy-driven narrative adventure full of secrets, chaos, minigames, and unexpected choices. Spank, spare, or smooch your way through a corrupted 90s game haunted by a lonely, unstable virus. Every level is different. Every choice matters. Your future is in your wiggly hand.
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SCP: Blackout
Single-player alternative to Going the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Going the Distance.
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.