Single-player games like Distantia
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Distantia, 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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Cognition Method
Single-player alternative to Distantia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distantia.
Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Discover the innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveil a non-ordinary story.
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The Backworld
Single-player alternative to Distantia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distantia.
Slip between the cracks of reality into a world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy, battling when necessary or fleeing when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path; every choice matters.
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Room Zero
Single-player alternative to Distantia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distantia.
A psychological liminal experience about a room that should not exist.
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En-Train
Single-player alternative to Distantia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distantia.
The end is near. A man with a single gun barely managed to get on the train, but nobody knows where this train, running aimlessly in an empty world, is heading.
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Toothpaste The Game
Single-player alternative to Distantia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distantia.
Play as Toothpaste Jones, a man-shaped stick of toothpaste that has but one purpose in life: to put an end to the sugary candy's plots. But without your support and the faith of his far-away family, he probably won't get very far.
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Unstrung Machine
Single-player alternative to Distantia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distantia.
It was just another normal workday — until a single mistake changed everything. In this 2D roguelike, fight hordes of robots in electrifying melee combat. With striking pixel art, explore procedurally generated environments, secret rooms, and multiple endings.
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Midnight Manor
Single-player alternative to Distantia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distantia.
A short, spooky pick-em-up platformer.
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The 7th Shift
Single-player alternative to Distantia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distantia.
A psychological horror game about working overnight shifts alone in a grocery store. Stock shelves. Clean. Do your job. But you soon realize something sinister is watching. Survive seven shifts to discover why you were really hired and face a choice that will seal your fate.