Single-player games like The Journey Down: Chapter One
Below are 18 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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Shape Shift Shawn Episode 1: Tale of the Transmogrified
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Help Shawn to survive the underworld by transforming into powerful new forms and mastering a gauntlet of bizarre platforming challenges!
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The Adventures of Bluke Bifton: Chapter 1
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 Adventures of Bluke Bifton is a hand-drawn, episodic adventure game set in a world of absolute absurdity. Ally (or make enemies) with a cast of strange characters, and make choices that determine your fate.
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Alexey's Winter: Night Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
This point-and-click game immerses you in a hand‑drawn world on a cold winter night in 1990s Ukraine. As Alexey, a young man locked out of his apartment, you embark on an unexpectedly heartfelt journey to reclaim your stolen TV. Along the way, uncover charming secrets in an atmospheric neighborhood.
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A Rhapsody in Steam
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 expedition against the Dark Lord is long delayed, but the railway keeps pushing north. You ride as the Hero's advisor. The carriage is your transport — and your home. People along the way come to recognize you. Marks pile up on the walls. The Dark Lord is still in the north. The road is long.
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Bolt Riley, A Reggae Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Bolt Riley is a a classic 2D point and click Jamaican Reggae adventure game where you play as Bolt Riley, a poor boy from Trenchtown, Jamaica, on his pathway to stardom. Bolt is struggling to survive and has to deal with a gang of Rude Boys.
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Hotel Paraíso
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Down: Chapter One.
Explore a surreal hotel overrun by otherworldly spirits in this mellow yet haunting 2.5D RPG. Master a sharp, innovative combat system that plays like a tactical puzzle, and unravel the mysteries of a dreamlike world.
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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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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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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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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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DIG THE GROUND
Single-player alternative to The Journey Down: Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dig the Ground is a unique Match3 puzzler in which you have to match gems of the same color and use all sorts of tools to clear the ground tiles beneath you.
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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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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 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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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.