Single-player games like Dreaming Sarah
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Dreaming Sarah, 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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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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NaissanceE
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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The Swapper
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
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Recursive Ruin
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Youropa
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
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Starbound
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Yume Nikki
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Spooky Station
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!
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Dandy & Randy
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
A 2D top-down old-school arcade game featuring two of the worst archaeologists to ever grace the Earth. Help them in their adventures by finding treasure defeating enemies, fighting bosses and discovering secrets! Can they pay off their debts? It's up to you to find out!
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Dandy & Randy DX
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Play either alone or with a friend on this cute adventure game!
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Awakening Sarah
Single-player alternative to Dreaming Sarah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Sarah.
Awakening Sarah is a 2D platformer with emphasis on exploration. Unravel the dreams and realities of Sarah, a girl who's recovering from a coma, while helping her understand the world around her and herself.