Single-player games like Pleim
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Pleim, 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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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pleim.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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The Forgotten City
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
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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Quern - Undying Thoughts
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pleim.
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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The Painscreek Killings
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
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Riven
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Trans-Siberian Legends
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
A first-person adventure game with a storyline. You are about to travel on a passenger train along the Trans-Siberian Railway. You can walk around cities, ride a train and watch nature change, talk to passengers and much more.
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Russian Train Trip
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pleim.
Traveling on passenger trains in Russia. First-person exploration.
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Train Travel Simulator
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pleim.
Simulator of travel in the carriage of a passenger train across Russia.
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Chinese Train Trip
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
First-person exploration. Genre: adventure. Train travel simulator in China. You will find a free world, buying and selling items, riding a train and much more.
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Russian Train Trip 2
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
Journey on a passenger train in Russia. You play as a first-person character, you have to travel by train for 7 days to Vladivostok. Look out the window, listen to the radio, and move around the carriage.
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Russian Train Trip 3
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pleim.
A first-person adventure game with a deep plot. You have to get from Tyumen to Novosibirsk on a passenger train. You can look out the window and watch the changing nature, weather and architecture. You can see forests, fields, mountains, cities and villages.
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Red October
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
Red October: A scientific thriller in the USSR. Physicist Sokolov is drawn into the race for the energy of the future in the closed city of Oktyabrsk-21. Intrigue, espionage, moral choices. The fate of the world is in your hands!
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Red Passport: Ticket to Russia
Single-player alternative to Pleim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pleim.
Embark on a thrilling journey across Russia! From a cozy apartment to the airport, fly to a new city, and ride a train to Vladivostok. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets along the way!