Single-player games like Things Too Ugly
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Things Too Ugly, 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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Abnormal1999:Sector 49
Single-player alternative to Things Too Ugly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Things Too Ugly.
Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.
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The Alpha Device
Single-player alternative to Things Too Ugly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Things Too Ugly.
Beyond space, beyond reason... beyond humanity. Discover a gripping tale of a dystopian future narrated by David Hewlett, star of the Academy Award-winning The Shape Of Water.
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DIVINATION
Single-player alternative to Things Too Ugly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Things Too Ugly.
"What if you're born into this world without your permission?" DIVINATION is a very short visual novel where you act as a fortune teller in a futuristic world. Talk and listen to people's stories, then foresee their future using the runes they had drawn.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Things Too Ugly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Things Too Ugly.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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Paratopic
Single-player alternative to Things Too Ugly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Things Too Ugly.
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
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Stories Untold
Single-player alternative to Things Too Ugly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Things Too Ugly.
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
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Quadrilateral Cowboy
Single-player alternative to Things Too Ugly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Things Too Ugly.
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
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Draugen
Single-player alternative to Things Too Ugly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Things Too Ugly.
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.