Single-player games like Motherbored
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Motherbored, 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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Grow Home
Single-player alternative to Motherbored — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Motherbored.
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
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Void Sols
Single-player alternative to Motherbored — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Motherbored.
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
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The Surge
Single-player alternative to Motherbored — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Motherbored.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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Another Crab's Treasure
Single-player alternative to Motherbored — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Motherbored.
In a vibrant undersea kingdom on the verge of collapse, a hermit crab embarks on a treasure hunt to buy back his repossessed shell. The second game from AGGRO CRAB.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Motherbored — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Motherbored.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Motherbored — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Motherbored.
A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!
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STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Single-player alternative to Motherbored — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Motherbored.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
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Bleak Faith: Forsaken
Single-player alternative to Motherbored — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Motherbored.
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.