Single-player games like MANDAGON
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to MANDAGON, 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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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Nephise: Ascension
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with MANDAGON.
Nephise returns, in her deadliest and most expansive adventure yet! Will she escape from Dragons Valley? Find out in this highly immersive first-person “walking simulator” with extensive exploration, as well as light puzzle and platforming elements.
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Paws and Soul
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
Paws and Soul: relaxing-adventure game about reincarnation. Turn yourself into a wolf, explore mysterious forests and reveal every secret of your past life!
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A Story About My Uncle
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
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Keep in Mind: Remastered
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.
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Contrast
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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FEZ
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with MANDAGON.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
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Monument Valley
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).