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Single-player games like The Red Pearls Of Borneo

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Red Pearls Of Borneo, 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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    Funeral for the Sun — Steam game cover

    Funeral for the Sun

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 500 years of secrets. A non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the complex history of a community cursed by supernatural forces.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    London: Echoes of the Past — Steam game cover

    London: Echoes of the Past

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.

    2025IndieRPGCasual6.29 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overboard! — Steam game cover

    Overboard!

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Sin — Steam game cover

    The Sin

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair

    2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sarawak — Steam game cover

    Sarawak

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terraformental — Steam game cover

    Terraformental

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.

    2026IndieAdventureEarly Access5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures — Steam game cover

    DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pentiment — Steam game cover

    Pentiment

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Green Mist over Portland — Steam game cover

    Green Mist over Portland

    Single-player alternative to The Red Pearls Of Borneo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Red Pearls Of Borneo.

    A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →