Single-player games like Miniatures
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Miniatures, 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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Papetura
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
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Landlord of the Woods
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
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Cat Museum
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and the surreal world of Cat Museum, a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game. Solve the strange puzzles with your mischievous cat, and unveil the truth behind the mysterious museum.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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When The Past Was Around
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
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Birth
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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Gorogoa
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miniatures.
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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Nazar
Single-player alternative to Miniatures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Miniatures.
Experience the world's first fusion of FMV genre and 2D platforming in this revolutionary sci-fi adventure. Explore Cappadocia's mystic realm where fortune-telling meets quantum physics. Join Nazar, unlock psychic powers, and race to prevent a dark future in this genre-defying journey!