Single-player games like The Talos Principle
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to The Talos Principle, 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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The Talos Principle 2
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Talos Principle.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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The Swapper
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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The Forgotten City
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
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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BioShock™ Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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Braid
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Talos Principle.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
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Antichamber
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
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Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
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Serious Sam II
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
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Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
Serious Sam Fusion is a central hub for several existing Serious Sam games developed by Croteam. Cool new features, engine upgrades, patches and updates will be released to existing owners for FREE!
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Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle.
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.
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Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Talos Principle.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.