Single-player games like Once Upon A Puppet
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Once Upon A Puppet, 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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Onirike
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
Onirike is an original 3D adventure, puzzle and platformer video game which takes place in an intricate open world, designed with a non-linear narrative and presented with a peculiar audio-visual aesthetic.
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Catch the dustling
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
Due to an experiment gone wrong, dust creatures from a parallel world have appeared in the laboratory. They pose a threat because of their bad temper and their habit of ignoring certain laws of physics
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Cat Dog Go Adventure
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
3D platform adventure. Challenging puzzle and obstades. 60+Levels. 2 Characters with different abilities.
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One Last Breath
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
The Earth is sick and we are the disease. All hope rests on Gaia, a powerful being born from mother nature’s last breath. Use her abilities to alter the environment, escape from dangerous creatures, solve thoughtful puzzles and survive in this dying world.
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Somber
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
Somber is an atmospheric action-platformer that takes place in the semi-open world of Gloom. A hand-painted game filled with stunning environments, Somber demands absolute precision from players who wish to unlock its many secrets.
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WACKY WONDERLAND WOLLOP: A 3D PLATFORMER FOR THE AGES GAME OF THE YEAR GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME : THE GAME
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
A 3D Platformer 3PShooter Dialogue Driven Soulslike with RPG elements and free Unity assets. What it doesn't have in Art Direction, it makes up in charm, mechanics, features, and very funny smart political commentary that says alot about are society.
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Deception
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
Deception is a 3D puzzle adventure set in an underground mysterious place. No one knows how to enter, no one knows how to escape.
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Hue
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
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Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
A series of dark macabre murders is crisscrossing two continents and FBI agent Nicole Bonnet is called in again to investigate. The only clue, mysterious dolls dressed in 18th century costumes, are left next to the deceased. What are the motives behind the actions of an insane pitiless slayer?
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The Puppeteer
Single-player alternative to Once Upon A Puppet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Upon A Puppet.
Punishing pixel-art platformer about puppetry and potions!