Single-player games like Spate
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Spate, 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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Papo & Yo
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.
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Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Are you afraid of the big bad Woolfe? Step into the boots of a vengeful Red Riding Hood in this twisted-fairytale platformer. Defeat deranged fairytale bosses with your trusty axe, explore a gorgeous fantasy universe and piece together the truth behind the mysterious passing of Red’s father.
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NaissanceE
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
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Year Walk
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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The Old City: Leviathan
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Spate.
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
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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Vessel
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Machinarium
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spate.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Deadlight
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spate.
“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se
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MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
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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The Path
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spate.
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
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The Lost City Of Malathedra
Single-player alternative to Spate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Spate.
There are reasons a lost city becomes lost.