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Single-player games like A Simple Expurriment

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to A Simple Expurriment, 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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    Echoes of the Unread — Steam game cover

    Echoes of the Unread

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Simple Expurriment.

    Wake up in a world where stories come to life. In this enchanted 8-bit musical adventure, use the power of song to explore whimsical book-inspired realms, solve puzzles, and help Rhapsody find her way home from a library that doesn't want to let her go.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Toziuha Night: Nosferatu's Curse — Steam game cover

    Toziuha Night: Nosferatu's Curse

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    Eight years have passed since the battle against Dracula, the hero of Transylvania who succumbed to the power of darkness. However, peace is once again in danger. A pair of young alchemists will fight against the curse of the demon who goes by the name Nosferatu.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ruby's Realms — Steam game cover

    Ruby's Realms

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    Ruby's Realms is a platformer blending metroidvania exploration with level-based challenges in mysterious cursed realms. Leap across precarious platforms, blast cultists and possessed monsters with magic flames. Collect upgrade points and buy upgrades from your friend, Skully.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure1.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Akatori — Steam game cover

    Akatori

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pronty — Steam game cover

    Pronty

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Primal Planet — Steam game cover

    Primal Planet

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DOOMBLADE — Steam game cover

    DOOMBLADE

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Timespinner — Steam game cover

    Timespinner

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Thundering Skies — Steam game cover

    Thundering Skies

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.

    2017ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    O.C.D. - On Completeness & Dissonance — Steam game cover

    O.C.D. - On Completeness & Dissonance

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Simple Expurriment.

    Fill the empty slots in each pattern by rotating the board to make the loose tiles slide into position, but beware: the painful sight of a misplaced tile will bluescreen your brain.

    2018IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Out Of Memories — Steam game cover

    Out Of Memories

    Single-player alternative to A Simple Expurriment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Simple Expurriment.

    A surreal nightmare by green phosphor and text graphics. But the outdated hardware isn't the only thing that's decaying: devoid of any memories, all you know is a toxin is destroying your body little by little - and it's only one of the things out to kill you. Get ready to die like it's 1981.

    2024IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →