Single-player games like The Sob Island
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Sob Island, 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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City of Nightmares
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sob Island.
You are a detective who wants to investigate how all the inhabitants of a city died due to a virus. It all started in a hotel that was abandoned along with the city, and it was rumored to be haunted. You are on a quest for answers.
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Endless
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Sob Island.
《时无烬》是一款时光穿梭的冒险类剧情解谜游戏。玩家通过操作主角解谜收集线索和乘客互动，逐渐揭开他们的故事，解救船上的人们。但船难的真相似乎远没有那么简单，这背后到底隐藏着什么？是灵异事件？亦或是.....
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Enchanted Stories: Mystic Woods Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Sob Island.
The forest has eyes, and they’re on you! Embark on a quest to preserve an ancient woodland brimming with magical creatures and hidden objects!
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Occulto
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sob Island.
Occulto is a non-verbal, entirely hand-drawn point-and-click adventure unlike other games in the genre. Guide Eliot through an atmospheric fairy-tale world where mysteries are solved without a single word. Its purely visual storytelling offers an experience unlike traditional point-and-click games
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Maze of Realities: Ride in the Sky Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Sob Island.
Join the quest to uncover the truth behind a professor's disappearance in a journey through outer worlds filled with wonder, mystery, and unexpected twists!
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Asa's Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sob Island.
A hand-drawn, cozy puzzle game. Step into the shoes of a lost planetary traveler, deciphering unique text symbols while solving puzzles and collecting stars, step by step uncovering an unexpected narrative twist hidden beneath the heartwarming visuals.
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Before Sunset 台山
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Sob Island.
Ah-Dan lives with his near blind mother and his dog in an old village. Since a very young age, Ah-Dan knows the rule of the village - to always come home before sunset.
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春泥 Soil of Rebirth
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Sob Island.
《春泥》是一款刑侦题材的悬疑解谜推理游戏。2018年中秋前夕，刑警程佑接到报案，动身前往泥塑匠林家处理一起家庭伤人案。随着调查深入，案件的疑点层层浮现，将她引向一连串尘封已久的谜团。往事的土壤正在松动，深埋的真相即将揭开......
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Law of Dispute
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Sob Island.
"The Law of Dispute" is a medieval realistic style auto chess + card type roguelike strategy game, building a deck of light strategy auto chess card battles on a 3 * 2 battlefield and achieving the final victory!