Single-player games like The Mine
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Mine, 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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Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition)
Single-player alternative to The Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mine.
Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening is an epic Egyptian adventure into the Giza Sphinx & Great Pyramid—the last of the seven ancient wonders. Explore secret chambers, discover hidden tombs, unearth sacred relics, & unravel an ancient Riddle, entombed for centuries by the ancient Egyptians!
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Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to The Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mine.
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
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Wanderlust: Travel Stories
Single-player alternative to The Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mine.
Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.
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Unrest
Single-player alternative to The Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mine.
Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.
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Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!™
Single-player alternative to The Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"Well behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich This is the game where good girls get better by being bad! In the 1920s, young women had a chance to change society--by misbehaving. Gather a gang of girls. Explore. Battle petty townsfolk with quick, naughty games: Fib, Flirt, Taunt...
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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Single-player alternative to The Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mine.
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
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Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
Single-player alternative to The Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mine.
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
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Heaven's Vault
Single-player alternative to The Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mine.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.