Single-player games like The Temporal Invasion
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Temporal Invasion, 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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INDUSTRIA
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
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봄이 오면 꽃이 피고
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
“Training after test? Stop the shoot!” Right after university examination, the car accident led me to a ghost claiming I muredered her 1,400 years ago. Solving the mystery is the only way to go back… wait, by traveling all the time back and training with Hwarangs? My new life has just begun!
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人类残响 Human Echoes
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
One day, a disaster known as "The Great Blank Event" erased every artwork in the world. As AI came to dominate art, science, politics, and society, you—a painter—lost an art competition to an AI and abandoned your passion. Everything changes when a mysterious black-haired maid appears at your door.
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Dreamsettler
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Temporal Invasion.
Sleepnet. It's where dreams are literally made. But sometimes dreams need a little help, and that's where you come in. They say a private eye never sleeps, but to crack these cases you'll need to be out cold.
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Hypnospace Outlaw
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Temporal Invasion.
Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!
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Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.
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Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Standard Edition
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
Haunted by mysterious curses from her orphanage days, Mary is finally forced to confront the truth behind her past. Step into the enchanted Netherworld—a realm where destiny is written in blood and every choice shapes her fate. An award-winning adventure blending mystery, emotion, and dark fantasy.
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
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Majestic-12
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
A game about weird little people defending the universe. Aside from being incredibly stupid-fun, Majestic-12 is a 3d action side-scroller where you take control of an elite MJ-12 commando and battle your way through secret installations and strange alien environments with your friends.
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Majestic Trials
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
Majestic Trials is a turn-based fantasy tactical game where you are a wizard that competes in increasingly challenging trials to earn your place within an elite mage cabal. Summon and befriend dozens of different creatures to aid you, and specialise in schools to learn a variety of spells.
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SCP - The Sentient Box
Single-player alternative to The Temporal Invasion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Temporal Invasion.
Investigate the life of John Doe as he resides in his lost memories in this story-driven Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that merges Your Real Life with science fiction as it explores the Dark Limits of Alternate History and The SCP Foundation.