Single-player games like Absent
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Absent, 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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Full Throttle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
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.
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CAYNE
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Absent.
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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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.
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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
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Comedy Quest
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Absent.
Comedy Quest is a point and click adventure game by Trav Nash. Can you become the greatest comedian in three gigs?
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Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
Enjoy Strong Bad's wacky comedic adventures over 5 full episodes!
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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The Drifter
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Absent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absent.
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.