Single-player games like The Descendant
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Descendant, 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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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Descendant.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.
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BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
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Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
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Apocalipsis
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
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The Fall
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.
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Sentience: The Android's Tale
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
You can remember nothing before this moment. Your existence begins with a keystroke followed by the flick of a switch. Electrical power streams into your neural network, and you are alive.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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Life is Strange Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Descendant.
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
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The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Descendant.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
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Oh Frog
Single-player alternative to The Descendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Descendant.
Oh Frog is a loopy 2D action adventure game set in the mysterious, fairy tale-esque lands of the Frog Kingdom. Play as Lif, the Frog Kingdom’s bravest frog, as you travel through gorgeous, lovingly hand-drawn landscapes and animated worlds, on your quest to recover the stolen Crowns of Power!