Single-player games like Spirits of Xanadu
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Spirits of Xanadu, 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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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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STARDROP
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.
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The Station
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
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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J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
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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Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
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Prominence
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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BioShock™
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spirits of Xanadu.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spirits of Xanadu.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spirits of Xanadu.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spirits of Xanadu.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.