Single-player games like Orphans
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Orphans, 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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UNHERD
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orphans.
You have 9 hours to find your way out and defeat The Unherd. Are you up for the challenge?
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Stela
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orphans.
Stela is a cinematic, atmospheric platformer about a young woman witnessing the final days of a mysterious ancient world.
- 3
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Orphans.
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.
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Monochroma
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orphans.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
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Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orphans.
Oddworld: Soulstorm is the explosive second game in a brand new Oddworld Quintology that tells the continuing story of Abe and his comrades as they discover further crimes against Mudokonkind and look for the spark that will ignite a revolution.
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Black The Fall
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orphans.
After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?
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LIBERATED
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orphans.
Lock, load, and get ready for a new kind of action adventure! Immerse yourself in a noir rain-soaked city inside a paperback comic. Uncover a cyberpunk conspiracy against human rights. THIS is the revolution.
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The Pedestrian
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orphans.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
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Ajayu
Single-player alternative to Orphans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Orphans.
Join Alaya on this spiritual adventure, who, with the help of his ability to control his own soul, will have to face dangerous enemies and solve challenging puzzles across the world's driest desert, to find the place where his ancestors rest.