Single-player games like Pneuma: Breath of Life
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Pneuma: Breath of Life, 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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MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
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Quern - Undying Thoughts
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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The Guest
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
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Old Man's Journey
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.
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Lemma
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
Immersive first-person parkour in a surreal, physics-driven voxel world. Every move can modify the environment. Surfaces pop in and out of existence at will.
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Ether One
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
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Thomas Was Alone
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pneuma: Breath of Life.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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KILLRUN
Single-player alternative to Pneuma: Breath of Life — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Run n' gun parkour speedrunner. Race to set the best times and create the fastest routes. Smash the pro times on every level and unlock new weapon packs as you progress through a prototype playground of replayable FPS mechanics. From the creators of BATTALION.