Single-player games like Tacoma
Below are 17 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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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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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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Observation
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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The Invincible
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
- 8
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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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.
- 10
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.
- 11
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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>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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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
- 14
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tacoma.
KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
- 15
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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Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Tacoma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tacoma.
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
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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!