Single-player games like To the Moon
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to To the Moon, 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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Finding Paradise
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with To the Moon.
Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.
- 2
A Bird Story
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with To the Moon.
An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.
- 3
Impostor Factory
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with To the Moon.
A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.
- 4
Papo & Yo
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with To the Moon.
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.
- 5
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with To the Moon.
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
- 6
Eternal Hope
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with To the Moon.
Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.
- 7
Many Nights a Whisper
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with To the Moon.
A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.
- 8
Rakuen
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.
- 9
OneShot
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with To the Moon.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
- 10
Pony Island
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with To the Moon.
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
- 11
NieR:Automata™
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with To the Moon.
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
- 12
Firewatch
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with To the Moon.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
- 13
Gone Home
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with To the Moon.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
- 14
Bastion
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with To the Moon.
Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
- 15
The Beginner's Guide
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with To the Moon.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
- 16
The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with To the Moon.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
- 17
Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with To the Moon.
The Beach Episode™ of To the Moon, Finding Paradise, and Impostor Factory. But something's off.
- 18
The Mirror Lied
Single-player alternative to To the Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with To the Moon.
This isn't a horror game. Nothing will jump out at you.