Single-player games like Mai: Child of Ages
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Mai: Child of Ages, 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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Tempus Vitae
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
You are Alex, a time-displaced astronaut unraveling the space station Theia doomed in both the war-torn 2185 and the post-apocalyptic 2385 to find your lost brother. Master an arsenal of time travel abilities and weapons in this sci-fi metroidvania FPS: Tempus Vitae.
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SOULBOUND
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
In a place of reality, a soul longs for an escape and is not alone; dark things are lurking but energy is your friend. Soulbound is an atmospheric metroidvania platformer packed with action where the past is your future.
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Hourglass: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
Hourglass: Prologue is the first part of the puzzle-adventure „Hourglass“ where you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. Play as Aywa, a young adventurer traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.
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AeternoBlade
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mai: Child of Ages.
AeternoBlade is a Time-Manipulation Hack-and-Slash Action-Puzzle Game. Join Freyja to take revenge on Beladim, the Lord of the Mist who destroyed her hometown and unravel the mysteries of AeternoBlade.
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DragonLoop
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.
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Lost in Tandem
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
In a post-apocalyptic world, a young girl and a defective robot called "Mech-ute" band together in order for him to fulfill his mission. Lost in Tandem is a colorful, relaxed-paced, 2D adventure-puzzle game, which can be played by one to two players via couch co-op.
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UNSIGHTED
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition.
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Suicide Guy: The Lost Dreams
Single-player alternative to Mai: Child of Ages — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mai: Child of Ages.
The Lost Dreams is the new chapter from the Suicide Guy game series: a first person puzzle game set in a world of new crazy dreams. In this adventure you'll have to find a way to wake up from your nightmares.