Single-player games like Candle
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Candle, 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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GRIS
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
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Seasons after Fall
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
Seasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.
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Genesis Noir
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Candle.
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
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Minute of Islands
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...
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Lost in Play
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.
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Papo & Yo
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.
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Eternal Hope
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.
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Deponia Doomsday
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
Can you change Deponia's fate? Do you have what it takes to change Rufus' past, present and future without accidently destroying the whole planet? Fight time itself in this action-packed, platypus-tastic and insanely hilarious story.
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Samorost 3
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
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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Machinarium
Single-player alternative to Candle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Candle.
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!