Single-player games like Sinking Island
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Sinking Island, 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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Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.
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Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy (1999)
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
The first adventure from the author of Syberia and Syberia 2, Benoît Sokal. In Amerzone you'll travel through enchanting landscapes, from Brittany to tropical forest. You'll have to solve the mystery of these famous white birds…
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Still Life
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Still Life 2 also now available!
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The Samaritan Paradox
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
A writer has died. His daughter seeks the help of you, Ord Salamon, to find his secret last novel. During the search, questions will emerge. Did her father really kill himself? What is the secret novel all about? What is going on at the island of Fardo?
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Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Melvyn Bromsby, a rich tycoon, is about to make a statement, when suddenly a shot rings out. Sir Bromsby collapses - a mortal wound to the heart... A baffling murder, dozens of witnesses and no suspects! You, Sherlock Holmes, must use all your skills to shed light on this mysterious case.
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The Last Case of John Morley
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
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Black Mirror I
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Black Mirror is a dark adventure game that details the aftermath of the tragic death of William Gordon. Playing as his grandson Samuel players must unveil the truth behind the events of that fateful, stormy night.
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Syberia
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
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Black Mirror
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Scotland, 1926. Following the death of his father, David Gordon visits his ancestral home for the first time in his life. A life that is soon threatened by the dark secrets that claimed the sanity of many Gordons before him. Black Mirror Castle demands an offering.
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Paradise
Single-player alternative to Sinking Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Paradise is a Boys Love visual novel and tells the story of a group of men who go on holiday on a deserted island. When things begin to go wrong, they realize to their horror that they are stranded. Turns out that’s only the start of their problems.