Single-player games like Tales [PC]
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Tales [PC], 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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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales [PC].
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales [PC].
Be a Bard! The challenge awaits!!Join Finn the bard as he undertakes "The King's Challenge" and see if he has what it takes to not only survive, but to write the greatest song in all of the land of Uir!
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The Book of Unwritten Tales
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tales [PC].
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
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The Plague Doctor of Wippra
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales [PC].
The plague spreads agony and fear in the small town of Wippra. As a plague doctor, you bring healing and relief wherever you can. But ignorance, superstition, and religious zeal make for a deadly threat in this retro medieval medical adventure!
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales [PC].
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
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The Office Quest
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales [PC].
Every day in the office is the same, clicking the same keys, attending the same boring meetings, wearing the same fluffy monster onesies, until something strange and magical happens. Now you need to sneak away, no matter how!
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Guard Duty
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales [PC].
Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.
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Quest for Infamy
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales [PC].
Wealth. Women. Wildly offbeat jokes. Lie, cheat, steal, and embrace your inner rogue. Being bad has never felt so good.
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Deponia
Single-player alternative to Tales [PC] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales [PC].
In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.