Single-player games like TEMPUS
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to TEMPUS, 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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DESOLATIUM: Prologue
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
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Cold Start: The Callisto
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
A sci-fi VR exploratory puzzle game, The Callisto pushes the boundaries of VR with stunning visuals, dynamic puzzles, and a rich storyline that unfolds piece-by-piece through your own exploration.
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Curious Cases
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore. He has solved more cases than one can count, where others hit dead-ends, he gets to work.
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DETECTIVE - Minerva case
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.
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Firmament
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
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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Cybernetic Fault
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!
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The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TEMPUS.
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
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Flow Weaver
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
You are trapped. Bound by magic by unknown captors. But you are a Flow Weaver and can move between dimensions. Travel amongst them, learn new spells, and uncover the secrets of this strange world to orchestrate your escape.
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After You
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you want. In After You you need to put all your attention and use paper and pencil to move forward, if you're looking for an easy game, this is not your game.
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The Creature: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
You are a detective sent to investigate the mistreatment of a mysterious creature. In this escape room there are not only puzzles, but also characters and history.
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FINIS
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
FINIS is a puzzle game with a difference, we create a psychological evaluation based on your choices. Each universe offers a different experience, terror, calm, destruction, war, progress... You can choose between 8 completely different paths and each path will take you to a unique ending.
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DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".
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DETECTIVE - The Motel
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
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DETECTIVE - Rainy night
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
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Detective - The Test
Single-player alternative to TEMPUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TEMPUS.
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?