Single-player games like The Journey Down: Chapter One
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Journey Down: Chapter One, 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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The Journey Down: Chapter Two
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
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The Journey Down: Chapter Three
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
The final chapter of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
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The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Every world needs its heroes. However unlikely they may seem. Join Wilbur, Ivo, Nate and Critter in another classic point-and-click adventure in the wicked world of Aventásia. Help them fulfill their destiny. A destiny as yet unwritten.
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Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Take a Spin with Danger to Unravel the Mystery of a Ghostly Merry-go-Round!
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
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Guard Duty
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.
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AR-K: The Great Escape
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
AR-K: The Great Escape is the third episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story, written by the 3 times Eisner award-winning writer Greg Rucka.
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The Procession to Calvary
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Full Throttle Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
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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Sam & Max Save the World
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
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Space Quest™ Collection
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection.
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HELLFRONT: HONEYMOON
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
HELLFRONT is an intense top-down shooter. Conquer ground, build a base, and command your troops in battle! Play PvP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.