Single-player games like Beyond Shadowgate
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Beyond Shadowgate, 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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Myst
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
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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NORCO
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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UNREAL LIFE
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
And now, for today's story.
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Elroy and the Aliens
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Obduction
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
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Shadowgate
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.
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The Uninvited: MacVenture Series
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of The Uninvited! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and survive the supernatural dangers of the haunted mansion.
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Déjà Vu
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A minimalist puzzle game about life, death, and clones.
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Uninvited Guest
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
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Unwelcome
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
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Shadowgate 2
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
The sequel to the critically acclaimed, re-imagined, point-and-click adventure game is now available for preorder! Shadowgate 2 leaves 2D adventuring behind, expanding its horizons, and letting you lift the veil on the mysterious castle once again!
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Shadowgate VR: The Mines of Mythrok
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
The first book in the Shadowgate Saga, Shadowgate VR: The Mines of Mythrok brings the hit adventure series to virtual reality! Step into the fantasy world of Kal Torlin like never before and immerse yourself in this exciting action/adventure game made for PCVR!