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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Timeshift
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
A unique take on 2D platformers. Use your momentum and warping abilities to escape the Rift!
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Beta MAX
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
Use four-dimensional thinking to manipulate time and navigate through this mind bending retro inspired realm. Solve puzzles to help Max find his way home in this atmospheric first-person puzzle platformer.
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A Space Between Time
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chronology.
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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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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Clocker
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
The world has been swallowed into the grey void of time and space. The only key to the winding puzzle - a time-controling pocket-watch - lies in the hands of a clockmaker Father. The watch creates a mysterious barrier between the Father and his estranged Daughter.
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Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chronology.
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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Repressed
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
Play as a shadow that’s on a journey inside your mind. Find answers to the questions bothering you. Navigate the maze that is your memory, and ease your mind in the process.
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The Inner Darkness
Single-player alternative to Chronology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chronology.
A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.
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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.