Single-player games like Pony Island
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Pony Island, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Pony Island page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Endless Maze
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
Try to get to the end of the maze, if there is one...
- 2
The Hex
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
- 3
SIMULACRA 2
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
- 4
Find The Murderer 3
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
A young man has disappeared from his apartment. Detective Silantyev begins to investigate the case
- 5
Midnight Scenes: The Highway
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
Claire Barnes is about to discover what kind of horrors lurk in the darkness of a deserted road. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
- 6
Lucifer Within Us
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.
- 7
The Path
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
- 8
Welcome to the Game II
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.
- 9
OneShot
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
- 10
The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
- 11
Portal
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
- 12
Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
- 13
Botanica: Earthbound Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Play as both Ellie and Ian, two scientists stranded on Botanica. Can you save your friends and find your way home?
- 14
![Event[0] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/470260/header.jpg?t=1774622671)
Event[0]
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
- 15
Hatoful Boyfriend
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
- 16
Dread X Collection 2
Single-player alternative to Pony Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pony Island.
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.