Single-player games like End of Garbage
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to End of Garbage, 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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Metamorphosis
Single-player alternative to End of Garbage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with End of Garbage.
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to End of Garbage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with End of Garbage.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to End of Garbage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with End of Garbage.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to End of Garbage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with End of Garbage.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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Call of the Sea
Single-player alternative to End of Garbage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with End of Garbage.
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
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The Gardens Between
Single-player alternative to End of Garbage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with End of Garbage.
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
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Draugen
Single-player alternative to End of Garbage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with End of Garbage.
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to End of Garbage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with End of Garbage.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.