Single-player games like Timewinder
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Timewinder, 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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Maggie the Magnet
Single-player alternative to Timewinder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Timewinder.
Science doesn't have to be boring! Use the powers of gravity and magnetic attraction to fling yourself across the laboratory and help Maggie solve dozens of puzzles to fulfill her mission as a researcher!
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Braid
Single-player alternative to Timewinder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Timewinder.
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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Super Puzzled Cat
Single-player alternative to Timewinder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timewinder.
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Timewinder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timewinder.
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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TitTok
Single-player alternative to Timewinder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timewinder.
TitTok - Minimalistic adventure 2D puzzle platformer with cats, explosions and spinning saws! TikTok ≠ TitTok
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Braid, Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Timewinder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timewinder.
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
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Evergate
Single-player alternative to Timewinder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timewinder.
Evergate is a haunting 2D puzzle-platformer set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife with an original score recorded by a live orchestra. Navigate 85 challenging stages and unleash the extraordinary powers of the genre-defining 'Soulflame' to help a lost soul reincarnate on earth!
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Munin
Single-player alternative to Timewinder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Timewinder.
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.