Single-player games like Wax Heads
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Wax Heads, 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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Upheaval
Single-player alternative to Wax Heads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wax Heads.
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
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Alcyone: The Last City
Single-player alternative to Wax Heads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wax Heads.
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
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DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
Single-player alternative to Wax Heads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wax Heads.
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to Wax Heads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wax Heads.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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Neo Cab
Single-player alternative to Wax Heads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wax Heads.
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
Single-player alternative to Wax Heads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wax Heads.
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Wax Heads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wax Heads.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Wax Heads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wax Heads.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.