Single-player games like Botanicula
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Botanicula, 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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Samorost 3
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
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Machinarium
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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CHUCHEL
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
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Pop Art
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Botanicula.
Painting has never been easier! Just relax and enjoy! In Paint by Numbers!
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Papetura
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
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Samorost 2
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
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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Pilgrims
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?
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TOHU
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.
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Unmechanical
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!
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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
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Resonance
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Botanicula.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Botanicula.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Creaks
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
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Happy Game
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
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Phonopolis
Single-player alternative to Botanicula — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanicula.
Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.