Single-player games like Tales from Candleforth
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Tales from Candleforth, 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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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
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Birth
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.
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Lucid Dream Adventure
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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Follow the meaning
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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Children of Silentown: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Creepy Tale
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
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Forgotten Hill Tales
Single-player alternative to Tales from Candleforth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from Candleforth.
A spin-off series of short stories set in the grotesque world of Forgotten Hill