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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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
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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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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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!
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Nihilumbra
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Braid.
Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Braid.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
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Thomas Was Alone
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
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Blocks That Matter
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Braid.
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
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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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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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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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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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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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Obduction
Single-player alternative to Braid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Braid.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.