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 an indie point-and-click fairytale adventure, beautifully hand-drawn. Guide a young apprentice on a linear, non-verbal journey: interact with a silent world, solve intricate visual riddles, and unravel a mystery without a single word of text or dialogue.
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Mystical Riddles: Behind Doll’s Eyes Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to The Sob Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Sob Island.
What's hidden in an ordinary toy? Is it possible to bring the dead back to life? Find answers to these questions using your wits, knowledge of the paranormal phenomena, and your special equipment – a magic camera! Are you up for the challenge?
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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.
Exquisite hand-drawn puzzle game. A lonely wanderer arrives in a desolate world, adrift and lost. Along his journey, he discovers and collects shimmering stars, each with a unique way to unlock. A journey that finds its quiet warmth.
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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!