Single-player games like Birth
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Birth, 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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When The Past Was Around
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
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Landlord of the Woods
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
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Botanicula
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
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Rusty Lake Hotel
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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Happy Game
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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Follow the meaning
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
- 8
Genesis Noir
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Birth.
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
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Whimsy
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Whimsy is a hand-drawn point & click game about a girl who lives in the forest stumbling upon little red footprints. Following these footsteps leads her on a whimsical journey through the forest to solve puzzles, assist woodland creatures and discover rituals.