Single-player games like Samorost 2
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Samorost 2, 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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Samorost 3
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
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Botanicula
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
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Manglepaw
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Samorost 2.
An enigmatic retro point & click adventure. You are the renowned artist Manglepaw who is struck with creative ennui and enters a strange train station in search of their muse. Solve puzzles or just explore the dream-like station.
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Papetura
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
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Tales from the Crossing: The Captain's Chair
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
When a misfit crew on the last test flight of an experimental engine wakes up on the wrong side of the other side of the galaxy, what’s a Captain to do? You decide!
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Happy Game
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
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Doggins
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
A point-and-sniff adventure. Explore the moon, sniff some things. Unravel the plot of a villainous squirrel to sabotage the history of human invention.
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Samorost 1
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
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Machinarium
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Samorost 2.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
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).
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Pilgrims
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?
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Creaks
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
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CHUCHEL
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
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Phonopolis
Single-player alternative to Samorost 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Samorost 2.
Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.