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Single-player games like A Virus Named TOM

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to A Virus Named TOM, 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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    Tumblestone — Steam game cover

    Tumblestone

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with A Virus Named TOM.

    Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS — Steam game cover

    ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with A Virus Named TOM.

    ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS in this action-arcade, arena-combat, gorgeous festival-of-fireworks! It's dogfighting meets figure-skating in space with local multiplayer and single-player fast-paced action modes plus a ZEN MODE where ROCKETS learn to LOVE.

    2015ActionSportsStrategy6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tiny Brains — Steam game cover

    Tiny Brains

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Virus Named TOM.

    "Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lupinball — Steam game cover

    Lupinball

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with A Virus Named TOM.

    Werewolves shooting fireballs at each other! Survive each round as it becomes more and more chaotic from everyone's fireballs bouncing around non-stop. Be the last wolf standing in this hilarious 2-4 player arcade deathmatch, local or online!

    2017ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Galacide — Steam game cover

    Galacide

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Virus Named TOM.

    Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Unrailed! — Steam game cover

    Unrailed!

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Virus Named TOM.

    Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

    2020ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — Steam game cover

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with A Virus Named TOM.

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jamestown — Steam game cover

    Jamestown

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Virus Named TOM.

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pipe Dreams — Steam game cover

    Pipe Dreams

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Virus Named TOM.

    As a master plumber, your goal is to connect pipes of different shapes and sizes to create a perfect destinations to help your Slime!

    2023IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BioShock™ — Steam game cover

    BioShock™

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Virus Named TOM.

    BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

    2007ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Duskers — Steam game cover

    Duskers

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Virus Named TOM.

    Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Below the Crown — Steam game cover

    Below the Crown

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Virus Named TOM.

    Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow players. From the award-winning creators of Duskers & A Virus Named TOM.

    2026StrategyIndie9.74 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Duskers 2.0 — Steam game cover

    Duskers 2.0

    Single-player alternative to A Virus Named TOM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with A Virus Named TOM.

    What will you sacrifice to bring humanity back? Scavenge derelict spacecraft with your drones via a command-line interface, navigating past whatever is still alive in the dark, in order to save what little of humanity is left.

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →