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Single-player games like The Apotheosis Project

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Apotheosis Project, 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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    Doc Apocalypse — Steam game cover

    Doc Apocalypse

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    Professor Higgins weather experiment has caused the apocalypse! Help him reach his family and find a way to reverse this mistake which has earned him the name Doc Apocalypse...

    2017IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Machinarium — Steam game cover

    Machinarium

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

    2009IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Inbetween Land — Steam game cover

    Inbetween Land

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    Open the portal to a strange world and save your friend with Inbetween Land, a stunning sci-fi adventure. There's a sense that something just isn't right when a childhood friend calls for you.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales [PC] — Steam game cover

    Tales [PC]

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    When an ancient curse is awakened in an old library, Alfred Walsh must travel to the strangest of places to seek help from many great heroes (and lesser ones) in an effort to save our beloved tales!

    2016IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stories Untold — Steam game cover

    Stories Untold

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

    2017IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lil' Guardsman — Steam game cover

    Lil' Guardsman

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paradigm — Steam game cover

    Paradigm

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.

    2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Fall — Steam game cover

    The Fall

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    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.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Technobabylon — Steam game cover

    Technobabylon

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009) — Steam game cover

    Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.

    2010AdventureDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Book of Unwritten Tales — Steam game cover

    The Book of Unwritten Tales

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.

    2012Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles — Steam game cover

    The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles

    Single-player alternative to The Apotheosis Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Apotheosis Project.

    Enjoy a thrilling and hilarious point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →