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Single-player games like Poreia

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Poreia, 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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    Stray — Steam game cover

    Stray

    Single-player alternative to Poreia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Poreia.

    Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.

    2022IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cat Journey — Steam game cover

    Cat Journey

    Single-player alternative to Poreia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Poreia.

    What interesting story will happen when a little cat falls asleep on the sofa and goes to an underground city?

    2024IndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sunset Inferno — Steam game cover

    Sunset Inferno

    Single-player alternative to Poreia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Poreia.

    Sunset Inferno is a choice-driven narrative adventure where you are a Recycler: a machine built to hunt war deserters. But a targeted explosion shatters your programming. Find the saboteur before your makers decide you've learned too much.

    AdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Talos Principle — Steam game cover

    The Talos Principle

    Single-player alternative to Poreia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Poreia.

    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).

    2014ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CAT Interstellar — Steam game cover

    CAT Interstellar

    Single-player alternative to Poreia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Poreia.

    A short story inspired by Robert Heinlein's:The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    State of Mind — Steam game cover

    State of Mind

    Single-player alternative to Poreia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Poreia.

    State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beyond a Steel Sky — Steam game cover

    Beyond a Steel Sky

    Single-player alternative to Poreia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Poreia.

    From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rumu — Steam game cover

    Rumu

    Single-player alternative to Poreia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Poreia.

    Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →