Single-player games like Yesterday
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Yesterday, 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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Shroud of Gloom
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Shroud of Gloom is a point-and-click horror adventure. Investigate an old manor, gather items and clues to solve environmental puzzles and discover dark secrets. Can you uncover the mystery… and make it out alive?
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The Next BIG Thing
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!
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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
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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Yesterday Origins
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
John Yesterday becomes immortal following an occult ritual. However, not everything goes to plan. He and his girlfriend Pauline must embark on an investigation to try to reproduce the immortality ritual. But his former acquaintances have other plans for him...
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Post Mortem
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
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The Room Three
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
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Rusty Lake Paradise
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
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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Vertigo
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Vertigo is a first person story-based shooter for the HTC Vive. Explore the sprawling underground facilities of Planck Interdimensional Energy Solutions' Quantum Reactor, filled with dark secrets, adorable drones, and parallel universes.
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Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.
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SchoolBoy Runaway
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
“You little rascal! Go study your lessons right now!” said the angry parents, grounding you. Try to outsmart them and find a way to have fun with your friends.
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Blacksad: Under the Skin
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
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Runaway, A Road Adventure
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
New York, 2000......Without knowing how or why, Brian, a student on the verge of graduating from college, is attacked by Mafia gangsters. During his desperate getaway, in the company of a mysterious striptease dancer, he ends up meeting a wide range of unusual characters.
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Runaway: A Twist of Fate
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full of twists and turns, and packed with comical highlights. All in all, you will be confronted with more than 200 mysteries and puzzles to keep your brain running through a big adventure that you...
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Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Travel to the four corners of the world with Brian and Gina in a crazy story packed full of surprises. Pirates, spies, surfers, soldiers, and even aliens get in on the act - all combining to create a wonderfully rewarding experience to savour and remember forever!
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Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh
Single-player alternative to Yesterday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Tintin and his faithful companion Snowy are going to experience some extraordinary adventures…After meeting Professor Sarcophagus whilst cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the famous reporter sets out in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh.