Single-player games like Monuments of Mars
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Monuments of Mars, 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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Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monuments of Mars.
What's green with red spots, has suction hands, and has an overbite like Bart Simpson? Of course, the answer is Cosmo! Cosmo is a young alien on his way to visit Disney World with his parents. That is, until their ship is struck by a blazing comet, forcing them to land on an uncharted planet.
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Hocus Pocus
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monuments of Mars.
Terexin, leader of the Council of Wizards, is sending the young sorcerer, Hocus, on a special mission to prove his worthiness.
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Crystal Caves
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monuments of Mars.
Enter an underground world of treasures and traps in Crystal Caves, a colorful EGA game that rivals any commercial game with its arcade quality, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, enter cave after cave of adventure, gathering teasures and evading countless hazards.
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Flashback
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monuments of Mars.
FLASHBACK™, the hit action-adventure game with over 2.2 million units sold, is back!
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Waking Mars
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monuments of Mars.
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
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The Way
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monuments of Mars.
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
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Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monuments of Mars.
Wolfenstein 3D took you into the past, thrusting you into a world at war. Blake rockets you into the future where a sinister madman, using genetics to create an army of bizarre creatures, is waging war on Earth. Blake has more of everything!
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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monuments of Mars.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
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Arctic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monuments of Mars.
Nevada wasn't satisfied with finding the elusive pharaoh's tomb in his first adventure. After months of searching and studying ancient maps, Nevada has stumbled upon the location of a tremendous Viking treasure cave. Join our intrepid hero as he heads for the Arctic in this stunning and chilling new adventure series!
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Bio Menace
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monuments of Mars.
You are Snake Logan, a top CIA operative who likes to do things his own way. Metro City has fallen under the attack of hideous mutants and your mission is to fly recon over the city and report back. While circling over the city you're shot down by hostile forces and forced to crash land on the streets of Metro.
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Pharaoh's Tomb
Single-player alternative to Monuments of Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Monuments of Mars.
Pharaoh's Tomb is an arcade-adventure game set in a huge Egyptian pyramid. Explore 20 uniquely-dangerous levels riddled with ingenious puzzles and traps. You start with five lives and a few spears, which can he thrown at offending denizens that patrol the pyramid.