Single-player games like Paradoxical
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Paradoxical, 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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Cognition Method
Single-player alternative to Paradoxical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradoxical.
Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Discover the innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveil a non-ordinary story.
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Super VHS
Single-player alternative to Paradoxical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradoxical.
"Neon. Door." The words shatter in your ears, ringing like tinnitus and dead radio waves. The ghostbox in your hand is still warm, and when you look up, across the alley, your eyes land on an abandoned cinema.
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Kohate
Single-player alternative to Paradoxical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradoxical.
Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.
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TECHNOSPHERE RELOAD
Single-player alternative to Paradoxical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradoxical.
Go on a dangerous journey into the heart of asteroid to save humanity from disaster! Control the TECHNOSPHERE, roll, jump, balance, solve puzzles and go through the mazes.
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Always in Mind
Single-player alternative to Paradoxical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradoxical.
Wield extraordinary powers born from forgotten memories to escape a subconscious on the brink of collapse. Team up with Proxy, a living archive of your family’s history, as you slow time, bend gravity, and manifest memories in a coming-of-age adventure where technology and imagination collide.
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Untravelled Planet
Single-player alternative to Paradoxical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradoxical.
Discover the secrets of an unknown planet 🪐. Develop your weapons and equipment 🔫 to overcome obstacles and challenges in this action-adventure game inspired by the retro games .
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LUNA: Obscura
Single-player alternative to Paradoxical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradoxical.
A first-person psychological horror game of hiding, solving, and surviving inside a haunted moon base
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BLOW-UP: AVENGE HUMANITY
Single-player alternative to Paradoxical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradoxical.
Humanity is gone. You're what's left. Now, it’s time for payback. Exact vengeance as a giant industrial robot rewired for pure destruction. Tear through the alien invasion in BLOW-UP, a Y2K-inspired, chaotic FPS packed with brutal weapons, explosive combat, and relentless action.