Single-player games like The Journey Home
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Journey Home, 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 Dream Machine - The Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to The Journey Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Home.
An award-winning point & click adventure about exploring other people’s dreams. Uncover dark secrets in a strange apartment building and wander through a surreal, hand-crafted dreamscape built from clay, cardboard & broccoli.
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Deer & Boy
Single-player alternative to The Journey Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Home.
In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.
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SPHEROCIOUS
Single-player alternative to The Journey Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Home.
Play a mutant sloth fighting to reclaim the rainforest in this atmospheric 2.5D puzzle platformer. Roll, bounce, and climb through the uncharted Amazon jungle as you drive out a greedy corporate logging operation!
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Stalhart
Single-player alternative to The Journey Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Home.
Play as a deer in a cinematic platforming adventure where nature isn't what it seems. Leap across danger, evade relentless machines, and venture beyond the forest as a greater tale unfolds.
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In The Drift
Single-player alternative to The Journey Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Home.
A game about fixing the internet in space. Travel the asteroid belt and restore connections in a dreamy narrative platformer from one half of the creators of Sable.
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Keeper
Single-player alternative to The Journey Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Journey Home.
From Lee Petty and Double Fine Productions, Keeper is an atmospheric puzzle adventure in which a long-forgotten lighthouse is awakened and, joined by a spirited seabird, it embarks upon a heartening tale of unlikely companionship, and an unexpected journey into realms beyond understanding
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to The Journey Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Home.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Eternal Hope
Single-player alternative to The Journey Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Home.
Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.