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Single-player games like Faraway: Arctic Escape

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Faraway: Arctic Escape, 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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    Faraway: Jungle Escape — Steam game cover

    Faraway: Jungle Escape

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Faraway: Jungle Escape is a relaxing adventure escape game full of new puzzles to solve. The second sequel of the Faraway trilogy.

    2022AdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Christmas Fables: The Wishing Store Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Christmas Fables: The Wishing Store Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Save Christmas from Mr. Greedy! Win over the Christmas-hating mayor, and bring the festive spirit back to Christmasshire.

    2024AdventureCasual8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frozen Christmas Magic: Santa’s Hidden Village — Steam game cover

    Frozen Christmas Magic: Santa’s Hidden Village

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Discover an ancient magical Christmas village buried beneath the snow for over a century. Dig, uncover forgotten secrets, restore its lights, and watch the village come back to life in a cozy, mysterious, and enchanting adventure filled with magic, discovery, and wonder.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Escape Machine City: Airborne — Steam game cover

    Escape Machine City: Airborne

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    It has been two days since the once vibrant Air City went completely silent and now it seems to be flying on its own

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phonopolis — Steam game cover

    Phonopolis

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.

    2026IndieAdventureCasual22.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The House of Da Vinci 3 — Steam game cover

    The House of Da Vinci 3

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    The grand finale to The House of Da Vinci trilogy is here! Solve numerous new puzzles and mind benders and explore new mystifying locations of ravishing beauty.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Eyes of Ara — Steam game cover

    The Eyes of Ara

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Explore a vast, mysterious castle riddled with secret rooms and challenging puzzles in this award-winning puzzle adventure.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Machinika: Museum — Steam game cover

    Machinika: Museum

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

    2021IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cats in Time — Steam game cover

    Cats in Time

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    A relaxing puzzle game in which you explore 3D dioramas, solve puzzles and save cats lost in time! Crazy, right?!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Escape Simulator — Steam game cover

    Escape Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Escape Simulator 2 — Steam game cover

    Escape Simulator 2

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell — Steam game cover

    SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Like a bastard child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reaction.

    2016ActionIndieRacing14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Faraway: Puzzle Escape — Steam game cover

    Faraway: Puzzle Escape

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Faraway is an adventure game, a modern tribute to Myst. In Faraway you're an adventurer exploring ruins of ancient temples full of challenges and mysterious riddles.

    2021AdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Academy: The First Riddle — Steam game cover

    The Academy: The First Riddle

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    The Academy is a puzzle-packed adventure set in a school filled with mystery. Leave your mark on Arbor's Academy and find out why it only welcomes the best and the brightest.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SURVIVAL IN THE BACKROOMS — Steam game cover

    SURVIVAL IN THE BACKROOMS

    Single-player alternative to Faraway: Arctic Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Arctic Escape.

    Survival In The Backrooms is an atmospheric horror game in which you will wander for a long time through surreal corridors and rooms in search of a way out. Immerse yourself in this mysterious world and try not to become prey for its inhabitants.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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