Single-player games like Tacoma
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Tacoma, 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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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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The Station
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Event[0]
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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Return to Grace
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tacoma.
A daring space archaeologist has just unearthed the ancient resting place of a long lost A.I. god known as Grace. Adventure with various fractured A.I. personalities as you uncover the great mystery of why she was shut down all those years ago.
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Deliver Us The Moon
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tacoma.
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky: Act One is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. Survive and harvest strains of hostile alien fungi, explore treacherous environments, and find meaning and beauty in so much death—the first of two acts.
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The Invisible Hours
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tacoma.
The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tacoma.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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The Outer Worlds
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Fullbright Presents TOILET SPIDERS
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
Eight Legs… Four Eyes… Limitless Terror!