Single-player games like Superfluous Returnz
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Superfluous Returnz, 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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Beware of the Cartographer!
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Superfluous Returnz.
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
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Big Ear Detective
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Superfluous Returnz.
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Superfluous Returnz.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
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Earth Must Die
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Superfluous Returnz.
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from my dear, sweet, extremely dead father? This is complete bullsh*t, and I'm going to make them dead.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Superfluous Returnz.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Superfluous Returnz.
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
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A Guidebook of Babel
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Superfluous Returnz.
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Superfluous Returnz.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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Little Brats!
Single-player alternative to Superfluous Returnz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Superfluous Returnz.
A playground simulator