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Single-player games like Uproot

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Uproot, 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 — Steam game cover

    Samorost 3

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Botanicula — Steam game cover

    Botanicula

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

    2012IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TOHU — Steam game cover

    TOHU

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    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.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gnomdom — Steam game cover

    Gnomdom

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    Gnomdom is a point & click puzzle game where you find little gnomes stuck in various places and help them return to their home.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Papetura — Steam game cover

    Papetura

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Tiny Bang Story — Steam game cover

    The Tiny Bang Story

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

    2011IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    100 hidden snails 2 — Steam game cover

    100 hidden snails 2

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    Hidden object game in a surreal style. Extremely hard!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest — Steam game cover

    Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.

    2019IndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Larry The Unlucky Part 3 — Steam game cover

    Larry The Unlucky Part 3

    Single-player alternative to Uproot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Uproot.

    Help Larry find a cure for his wife and break his curse of unluckiness by solving riddles and puzzles on his adventures around the whole world.

    2021IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →