Single-player games like Stranded
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Stranded, 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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Rusts Of Corruption
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?
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Murder
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
From the designer and artists behind "Stranded" comes a short story about the intersection of morality and sentience, in a cyberpunk future where both have become commodities.
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Tacoma
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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The Station
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
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Crystal Shard Adventure Bundle
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Three short and intriguing adventure games from the makers of Heroine's Quest, spanning several genres and styles.
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De-Void
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.
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THE IMPOSSIBLE
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.
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The Dig®
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Stranded.
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.
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Proteus
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
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Waking Mars
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
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DIG THE GROUND
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dig the Ground is a unique Match3 puzzler in which you have to match gems of the same color and use all sorts of tools to clear the ground tiles beneath you.