Single-player games like Braid
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Braid, 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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A Space Between Time
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
Play as a robot with time-manipulating abilities. You can go to places you've never been before by going back in time in the X and Y axes independently. Just beware pockets of time corruption, and tracking your positions in time consumes a lot of memory. At max capacity, you can no longer function.
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PARADOX
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
PARADOX is a puzzle-platformer about time traveling and avoiding paradoxes.
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Timeworks
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Braid.
Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.
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Timeshift
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
A unique take on 2D platformers. Use your momentum and warping abilities to escape the Rift!
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Redactem
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Braid.
Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.
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Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Amidst the scorched sands of ancient Persia, there is a legend spun in an ancient tongue. It speaks of a time borne by blood and ruled by deceit. Drawn to the dark powers of a magic dagger, a young Prince is led to unleash a deadly evil upon a beautiful kingdom.
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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Braid, Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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World of Goo
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
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Infinifactory
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
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Antichamber
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
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. 2
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
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Stephen's Sausage Roll
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
A simple 3d puzzle game.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Braid.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.