Single-player games like Shadow Puppeteer
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Shadow Puppeteer, 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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Papo & Yo
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.
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ASTRAL
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
The future came. You'd think that means the apex of the progress and science, but no. After the epidemic spread all over the world in 2022, 95% of the whole population mutated into horrible creatures without any moral values or humanity and started hunting everything that moves. The planet became empty.
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Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!
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Repressed
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
Play as a shadow that’s on a journey inside your mind. Find answers to the questions bothering you. Navigate the maze that is your memory, and ease your mind in the process.
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Monochroma
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
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Hamilton's Great Adventure
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
All new DLC, Retro Fever, Now Available!
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Woodle Tree Adventures
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
Woodle Tree Adventures is an old school platform game with a catchy and unique art style! Explore a total of 6 worlds and save the lands with the magical water drops you'll find through your journey, bringing back peace and balance and finally becoming the new hero!
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My Child Lebensborn
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
《My Child Lebensborn》is a story driven nurture game based on real events. Play as the adoptive parent of Karin or Klaus, and experience the struggles they go through along them. Balance your time and resources wisely, while helping your child cope with effects of hatred.
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Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Puppeteer.
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
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My Child New Beginnings
Single-player alternative to Shadow Puppeteer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadow Puppeteer.
My Child New Beginnings is a parenting simulator where you go through everyday life of growth. After a series of traumatic events that you and your child went through, you now get to rebuild life together in a new region of Norway.