Single-player games like The Merlies
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Merlies, 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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艾人的长夜
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merlies.
A relaxed casual adventure game
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Jasper's Island
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merlies.
Start a new job as a Lighthouse Keeper and team up with a stray cat in your cabin. Explore a lost island of creatures and locate new tools to take care of the wild and forgotten. Your journey will take you across oceans, caves, forests and deeper into the history of the island.
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Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merlies.
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
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Neva
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merlies.
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
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Tropical Resort Story
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Merlies.
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
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Imagine Earth
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Merlies.
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
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Everdream Valley
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merlies.
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
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Primal Planet
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merlies.
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!
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Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merlies.
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
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Californium
Single-player alternative to The Merlies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merlies.
Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?