Single-player games like The Abandoned Planet
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Abandoned Planet, 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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Monolith
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.
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VirtuaVerse
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
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The Invincible
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
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The Longest Journey
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.
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Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
Guide brush strokes and solve a variety of puzzles to help an aspiring artist complete her masterpiece amid her brusque neighbor’s gaze and his pesky cat. As her painting starts to take shape, uncover an emotional tale of chance and artistry revealed behind unrelated yet familiar moments.
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Technobabylon
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Abandoned Planet.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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The Dig®
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
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Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sail
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
When we last saw our less-than-dashing hero, Leisure Suit Larry, he was in a rather sticky situation. Not one to be tied down, Larry makes the best of things by going on a cruise to forget the previous escapade.
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Dexter Stardust : Adventures in Outer Space
Single-player alternative to The Abandoned Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Abandoned Planet.
A Spacey Classic Point and Click Adventure for All!