Single-player games like Virtue and a Sledgehammer
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Virtue and a Sledgehammer, 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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Aversion
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
Experience the challenging events Iris faces through her journey.
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Farewell North
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
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A Plague Tale: Requiem
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.
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Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
Emotional, 3rd-person, story-driven, adventure game focused on solving puzzles and using stealth mechanics. Use your bow to interact with environmental elements. Sneak, climb or distract guards to move further unnoticed. Solve light puzzles alongside your path to rescue your loved one.
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South of Midnight
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and unravel your family’s hidden past.
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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.
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Sea of Solitude
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
When humans get too lonely, they turn into monsters… Set sail across a beautiful and evolving world of darkness and light, and discover what it means to be human.
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
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The Red Strings Club
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
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The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
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Gods Will Be Watching
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Virtue and a Sledgehammer.
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.
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Many Nights a Whisper
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.
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Essays on Empathy
Single-player alternative to Virtue and a Sledgehammer — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A curated compilation of Deconstructeam's best efforts in seeking new narrative experiences in games. Explore 10 unique, offbeat tales including "De Tres al Cuarto," a brand new short experience exclusive to the compilation about a couple of two-bit comedians trying to make it big.