Single-player games like Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair, 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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Ziode Shadow
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair.
WARNING: This game requires you to think for yourself! Ziode Shadow is a 2D platform/puzzle game about a hungover planet explorer, and his unwanted bot companion. He must utilize many different objects, and manipulate his surroundings, enabling both him, and his support pod to navigate the terrain.
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Samorost 2
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair.
Samorost 2 tells a surreal story of a space gnome whose dog just got kidnapped by mischievous aliens. Set out on a short expedition to rescue the pup, deal with curious strangers and relax to the soothing music by Tomáš "Floex" Dvořák.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair.
A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a wildly idiotic journey!
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Mutropolis
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair.
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
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Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
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Machinika: Atlas
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair.
Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!
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Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy - Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair.
“Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy” is a point-and-click adventure about an eight-year-old boy who lives with his eccentric family in the shadow of Jorel, his handsome and popular brother. Based on the award-winning Brazilian animation “Jorel’s Brother”.