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Single-player games like Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember, 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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    In My Shadow — Steam game cover

    In My Shadow

    Single-player alternative to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember.

    Play with shadows using your imagination to solve brain twisting platforming puzzles as you unfold a journey of loss, nostalgia and acceptance.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    With My Past — Steam game cover

    With My Past

    Single-player alternative to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember.

    "How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.

    2024Indie6.29 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Pedestrian — Steam game cover

    The Pedestrian

    Single-player alternative to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember.

    I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TitTok — Steam game cover

    TitTok

    Single-player alternative to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember.

    TitTok - Minimalistic adventure 2D puzzle platformer with cats, explosions and spinning saws! TikTok ≠ TitTok

    2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arise: A Simple Story — Steam game cover

    Arise: A Simple Story

    Single-player alternative to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember.

    Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Memory of Us — Steam game cover

    My Memory of Us

    Single-player alternative to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember.

    My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Papo & Yo — Steam game cover

    Papo & Yo

    Single-player alternative to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember.

    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.

    2013IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bridge — Steam game cover

    The Bridge

    Single-player alternative to Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember.

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →