Single-player games like Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender, 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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Orbital Cargo Division
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
The crew of a cargo ship arrives at what appears to be an abandoned space station. Power appears to be there, but no one is responding to their radio messages. A pixel art point & click adventure with an exciting story and lots of humor.
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War of the Wormholes: Janitor Duty
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
Welcome to the wild world of the distant future! Become a SPACE JANITOR in this exciting, comedic, and puzzle filled point and click adventure game!
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Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
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Dragonsphere
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
Newly-crowned King of Callahach! It's been twenty years since your father saved the world by entrapping the evil Sorcerer Sanwe. Now the spell is waning. Sanwe's malevolent force will soon consume the land, and only you can stop him!
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Tex Murphy: Overseer
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Lucy Dreaming
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
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Space Quest™ Collection
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection.
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Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack: Chapter 2 - The Siege of Spinner Cay
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
About Chapter Two Guybrush's adventures continue on the high seas as pox-plagued pirates lay siege to the innocent Mer-People. In between defending the Mer-People and dodging the persistent pirate hunter hot on his trail, Guybrush manages to catch up to his beloved wife and despised arch-nemesis — but their reunion is short-lived.
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Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sail
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
When we last saw our less-than-dashing hero, Leisure Suit Larry, he was in a rather sticky situation. Not one to be tied down, Larry makes the best of things by going on a cruise to forget the previous escapade.
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Fleet Defender: The F-14 Tomcat Simulation
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The catapult officer calls for full afterburner. 50,000 pounds of thrust spools behind you as your F-14 strains for release. Less than three seconds later your Tomcat screams through the air at 150 knots. You climb to meet your wingman, then head off to join the fight.
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F-117A Stealth Fighter (NES edition)
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Strap yourself into the cockpit of the world's most elite fighting weapon!
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M1 Tank Platoon II
Single-player alternative to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The definitive simulation of modern ground warfare!