Single-player games like Chronology
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Chronology, 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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Timelie
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.
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The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
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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Braid
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chronology.
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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Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chronology.
Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!
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Teslagrad
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chronology.
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
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FEZ
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chronology.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
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Arise: A Simple Story
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
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Chronoquartz
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chronology.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
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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The Silent Age
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
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The Great Perhaps
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
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Figment
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.
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Figment 2: Creed Valley
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
Figment 2: Creed Valley is an action-adventure game set in the human mind. Face bosses in musical showdowns, make your way through puzzles, and explore unique environments.
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Back to Bed
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chronology.
Guide Bob the sleepwalker to the safety of his bed by taking control of his subconscious guardian, Subob. Explore a surreal and hand-painted dream world, avoid dangers and get Bob safely back to bed.