Single-player games like Maxwell's Odyssey
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Maxwell's Odyssey, 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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Magical Blush
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Magical Blush is a top-down action-adventure where fast-paced elemental combat meets Metroidvania-style exploration. Chain spell combos, exploit elemental weaknesses, rescue survivors, and battle the powerful Elemental Lords as you explore the wondrous world of Wyn.
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Teios Journey
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Embark on a thrilling adventure through a vibrant world teeming with challenges and mysteries. Traverse diverse landscapes, solve intricate puzzles, and engage in epic battles as you unravel the secrets hidden within the land.
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Relic Light
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
A pixel-art 2D puzzle platformer with Metroidvania exploration. Join starfarer girl Ling Ao'ao as she meets AI girl ALICE in the ruins of humanity at the universe's end. Befriend companions, gather abilities, solve intricate contraptions, and uncover the cosmos's truth.
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Conatus - Forgotten Depths
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maxwell's Odyssey.
A dark fantasy dungeon crawler where every weapon defines a unique playstyle. Explore interconnected regions, uncover hidden secrets, craft powerful potions and unravel the mysteries of a world built from everything humanity chose to forget.
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Adventure in Hender´s Castle
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Explore Hender’s Castle in a quest for a forbidden spell in this 3D action-adventure. Draw magic circles, brew potions, invoke spirits, bargain with ghosts and above all else: don't lose your cauldron!
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My Beautiful Winter
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maxwell's Odyssey.
A sci-fi survival action RPG focused on tactical real-time combat, elemental weaknesses, weapon upgrades, and constant resource pressure.
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Driving Stage
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Driving Stage is an open-world driving game focused on completing driving challenges to unlock new areas and vehicle abilities, blending exploration and skill progression in a journey of discovery.
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Bonehold
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Dungeon Crawler with elements of rogue-like and ARPG games. Kill hordes of enemies, duel mighty bosses, and acquire legendary loot!
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The Corruption Within
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
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Void Breach
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Void Breach is a low-res, retro point-and-click adventure game where an experiment has gone unpredictably wrong. Your daughter is whooshed through a tear in space! Embrace the void and follow her. The only way to bring her back.
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Cyber Seraph
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maxwell's Odyssey.
The alien invaders have launched their final offensive on an already crippled Terra. Only one brave pilot can turn the tide of war. Cyber Seraph is a boss focused vertical shoot 'em up with unlockable abilities.
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Blood Nova
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Princess Love is set to assume the throne of a powerful galactic empire. But when conspirators try to thwart her ascension, Love and her best friend Kel become stranded on an interstellar lighthouse. Prove Love worthy of rule in this thrilling point and click adventure game.
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Twilight Oracle
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Journey to a strange world in search of the fabled Oracle in this fantasy comedy point & click adventure. Play as Leo, a struggling student with the ability to breathe underwater, and explore a desert island and the depths of an alien ocean to uncover your school’s dark past.
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Tachyon Dreams Anthology
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
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Devil's Hideout
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.
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Neon Hearts City
Single-player alternative to Maxwell's Odyssey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maxwell's Odyssey.
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.