Single-player games like Ether One
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Ether One, 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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MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
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Master Reboot
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.
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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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INFRA
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
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Kona
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
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The Occupation
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
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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Dahlia View
Single-player alternative to Ether One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ether One.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.