Single-player games like Grunn
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Grunn, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Grunn page.
Ranked picks
- 1
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grunn.
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
- 2
Strange Horticulture
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grunn.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
- 3
Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grunn.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
- 4
Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grunn.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
- 5
Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grunn.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
- 6
THRESHOLD
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grunn.
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
- 7
Subliminal
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grunn.
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
- 8
The Forgotten City
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grunn.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
- 9
Stacklands
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Grunn.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
- 10
Simmiland
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Grunn.
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
- 11
pyramida
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grunn.
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
- 12
clickyland
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
- 13
fishy
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grunn.
A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?
- 14
White Lavender
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grunn.
A challenging adventure game with RPG-elements. Be a bug, fight other critters with swords and magic, collect powerful items such as pencils and teaspoons, meet cool characters, and up your fashion game on a journey to brew a special tea!
- 15
Luckitown
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Grunn.
Luckitown is a turn-based tower defense where you roll dice to build new structures and cast spells to defend your town.
- 16
Ollie & Bollie: Outdoor Estate
Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grunn.
A cute sandbox game about restoring an estate. Work with your (real or AI) friend Bollie to cut trees, catch sheep, build a shed and more in this outdoor autumn sandbox game.