Single-player games like Birth
Below are 9 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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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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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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Papetura
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
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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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The Star Named EOS
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
The Star Named EOS is a story-rich puzzle adventure built around photography. Recreate compositions of past photos to uncover the truth of a family mystery. Experience a harmonious mixture of beautiful hand-drawn art and engaging puzzles on a journey of reminiscence.
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Samorost 3
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
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The Tiny Bang Story
Single-player alternative to Birth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Birth.
Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...
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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…
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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.