Single-player games like Mayfly
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mayfly, 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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ORMS
Single-player alternative to Mayfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayfly.
An atmospheric narrative puzzle-adventure set on a surreal Nordic island. Guide young Sam and his companion Kira through two shifting realities - switching between a world of terrifying shadows and a world of light to solve puzzles and reignite the broken lighthouse
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Fast Radio Burst
Single-player alternative to Mayfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayfly.
You took the job to escape. Then the light descended. Fast Radio Burst is a first-person narrative parkour platformer where unexplained cosmic beams transport you into surreal, liminal memories.
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KEROGEN
Single-player alternative to Mayfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayfly.
Dredge up corpses from an oil-drenched nightmare. Lost at sea, the small crew of the 𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐒 calls for aid. Elmsfire dances in the clouds above while black beasts stir in the waves beneath. Take your meds. Hold your breath. The black sea won't let go.
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Oblivio
Single-player alternative to Mayfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayfly.
Your memories are fracturing. Explore an evocative story of love and loss through shifting realities. Solve puzzles to hold on to the moments that define you before they vanish forever.
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Transit
Single-player alternative to Mayfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayfly.
Transit is a dark narrative adventure starring a sarcastic sock puppet in a world looping itself to death. Ride midnight trains through collapsing timelines, free traumatised souls, and search for your sister lost inside the loop.
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Anamorphine
Single-player alternative to Mayfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayfly.
Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.
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Escape the Beach
Single-player alternative to Mayfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayfly.
A surreal first-person narrative experience. Walk along an endless tropical beach, encounter out-of-place artifacts and look for a way to escape while being guided by a soothing yet sarcastic voice who makes you ponder the meaning of your existence.
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Lucid Falls
Single-player alternative to Mayfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mayfly.
Manipulate gravity, space and time, and survive terrifying nightmares in a deeply atmospheric lucid dream. Facing terrifying creatures, and solving challenges that bend reality, every moment reveals more of the dark truth behind Lucid Falls.