Single-player games like ICARUS.1
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to ICARUS.1, 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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The Station
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ICARUS.1.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
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Downward Spiral: Horus Station
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ICARUS.1.
Downward Spiral: Horus Station is a mysterious and atmospheric zero gravity thriller set in the lost and forgotten Horus Station.
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The Fall of Lazarus
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ICARUS.1.
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
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Metal Garden
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ICARUS.1.
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
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Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ICARUS.1.
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
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STARDROP
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ICARUS.1.
STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.
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CAYNE
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ICARUS.1.
Hadley wakes in a facility. She is 9 months pregnant. They want her baby... CAYNE is the FREE, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS.
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Recompile
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ICARUS.1.
This atmospheric, Metroidvania hacking adventure lets you take control of a semi-sapient program struggling against deletion. In the sprawling 3D world of a Mainframe, Recompile features intense combat, tight 3D platforming, super-powered abilities and an environmental logic-based hacking mechanic.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ICARUS.1.
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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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ICARUS.1.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Lifeless
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ICARUS.1.
Immerse yourself in the post-apocalyptic co-op world of Lifeless, where base building and crafting are key. Collect weapons, gear, and food as you embark on thrilling missions to level up in a vast open world. But stay alert—relentless zombies lurk around every corner!
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Camp Sunshine
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ICARUS.1.
Camp Sunshine is a 16-bit blood-soaked Horror RPG that pits you as Jez, who is dropped off at Summer Camp. He awakes in the middle of the night to discover blood everywhere, a rampaging killer on the loose dressed in a mascot costume and himself involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse!
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Reprisal Universe
Single-player alternative to ICARUS.1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ICARUS.1.
Reprisal Universe places you in charge of the very elements themselves. Raise and lower land to expand your tribes, harness the power of fire and water. Explore the hidden mysteries of the Universe and gather your people together once again.