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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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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Disney's Chicken Little
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Based on Walt Disney’s feature 3D animation film Chicken Little, Chicken Little the action-packed video game catapults you into the hair-raising adventures of the movie and beyond.
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Pogo3D
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
One-Handed Rage-Inducing 3D Platformer! Use only a mouse. Bounce off platforms and even the walls to reach the next checkpoint. Go on a linear adventure through an interconnected world, or quickly test your skills in challenge mode.
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Miner Ultra Adventures 2
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Our friend Miner is back !!! Amazing adventures with extreme difficulty, this 3d platform game will surprise you and give you a lot of satisfaction to overcome all the challenges !!! Be versatile and have quick reflexes to be the best !!!
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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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SUSHI SOUL UNIVERSE
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Multiverse sushi eating 3D action game! An epic love story with a sushi theme! ...sushi! very delicious! Apologize because it's too delicious!
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Asterix & Obelix - Mission Babylon
Single-player alternative to Psychonauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Dive into an epic and brand-new adventure with Asterix & Obelix! Experience a story full of humour, epic battles and unforgettable encounters in a thrilling platform game!
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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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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
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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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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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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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.