Single-player games like Psychonauts
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Psychonauts, 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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Psychonauts 2
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Voodoo Vince: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
The classic character platformer is back after 13 years and newly remastered! Help Vince run, jump and fight his way through cemeteries, swamps and an evil carnival as he seeks to save his creator Madam Charmaine from the clutches of Kosmo The Inscrutable.
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Hell Pie
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Hell Pie is an obscene 3D platformer that takes bad taste to the next level! Hell Pie sees you grab the horns of Nate, the ‘Demon of Bad Taste’. He is given the honorable task of gathering the disgusting ingredients for Satan’s infamous birthday pie!
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Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Alice: Madness Returns
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.
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Pumpkin Jack
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
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Supraland
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
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Sunset Overdrive
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Get Batman: Arkham City and all DLC for one low price with the release of the GOTY Edition!
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Okami HD
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience the critically acclaimed masterpiece with its renowned Sumi-e ink art style in breathtaking high resolution.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.
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Brutal Legend
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Broken Age
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
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Spacebase DF-9
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
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Costume Quest
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.
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Full Throttle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.