Single-player games like Mainland
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Mainland, 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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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
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No Longer Home
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Zork Anthology
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mainland.
Once you step through the door to Zork, you leave the world of arcade games and trite fantasies behind and enter the dimension of your imagination.
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SEASON: A letter to the future
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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Wanderlust: Travel Stories
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.
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Montague's Mount
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
Montague's Mount is disturbing psychological thriller set in the bleakness of an abandoned Irish island, featuring exploration and challenging puzzle solving. This game is part one of a two part story, some questions are left unanswered and open to interpretation.
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The Forgotten Nightmare Series
Single-player alternative to Mainland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
A classic-style text adventure game spanning three chapters. Enter verb/noun commands via keyboard, mouse, or game controller to explore, collect items, and solve puzzles in a post-apocalyptic, Christian-themed story. Features an auto-drawing map and hint system.