Single-player games like Julian & Friends
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Julian & Friends, 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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98xx
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
The 98xx is an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost. There are still a few working files within the OS that can be explored.
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BANNED TAPES
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.
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Cartomante – Fortune Teller
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
A branching visual novel with multiple endings about fortune telling for eccentric clients with tarot cards.
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Spacetime Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
Spacetime Chronicles is a paper stop-motion adventure about a boy, a cat, and the accidental collapse of time. Explore a paper world where centuries collide, solve puzzles by observing every detail, and follow Fred and his mysterious feline through an adventure where nothing is quite what it seems.
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The Dream Machine - The Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
An award-winning point & click adventure about exploring other people’s dreams. Uncover dark secrets in a strange apartment building and wander through a surreal, hand-crafted dreamscape built from clay, cardboard & broccoli.
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A Pocket Full of Slagford
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Slagford. Some call it The Backbone of the North, most call it proper sh*te. This silly misadventure will take you up monolithic megatowers, down dingy dung pits and beyond. Puzzle your way across the unravelling city by picking up pieces of the world and sticking them where they don't belong.
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AL Potato - Nowhere near Vegas
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
A LucasArts-inspired point-and-click adventure. Help AL Potato and his orange buddy Pancho collect and combine items, solve absurd puzzles, and charm desert weirdos — all in a desperate quest to reach Las Vegas. Hand-drawn art and offbeat humor throughout.
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Wormventures - Barrier 51
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
Wormventures - Barrier 51 is a classic 3D cartoon point & click adventure game. Help Looky the worm to save planet Vermis in this big and funny adventure! Explore Looky's odd world, talk to its quirky inhabitants, find clues and use your collected items to solve puzzles.
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OneShot
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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Deep Sleep Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
You can’t run from your dreams in this unsettling classic point-and-click horror game from award-winning indie developer scriptwelder. To find a way out, you’ll have to go even deeper into your nightmares.
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KinitoPET
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!
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SKY WORLD 64
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
Take a trip to Nostalgia Land in this cozy themed sandbox game that harkens back to the 64-bit era. This survival experience takes heavy inspiration from Minecraft’s Skyblock, where you start on a floating island with minimal resources and, over time, can turn your island into a world full of life!