Single-player games like GEARS STORY
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to GEARS STORY, 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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Quantum Break
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
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Timeloop: Sink Again Beach
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GEARS STORY.
A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GEARS STORY.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GEARS STORY.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GEARS STORY.
Amidst the scorched sands of ancient Persia, there is a legend spun in an ancient tongue. It speaks of a time borne by blood and ruled by deceit. Drawn to the dark powers of a magic dagger, a young Prince is led to unleash a deadly evil upon a beautiful kingdom.
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GEARS STORY.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
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Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GEARS STORY.
The Prince of Persia, a seasoned warrior, returns from the Island of Time to Babylon with his love, Kaileena. Instead of the peace that he longs for, he finds his homeland ravaged by war and the kingdom turned against him.
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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GEARS STORY.
Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands is the next chapter in the fan-favorite Sands of Time universe. Visiting his brother's kingdom following his adventure in Azad, the Prince finds the royal palace under siege from a mighty army bent on its destruction.
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MY ANIMA BOY
Single-player alternative to GEARS STORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GEARS STORY.
A short visual novel depicting the struggles and romantic entanglements of a composer attempting to write lyrics for the first time in his life. It's a BL (Boys' Love) story.