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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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    Detective Mane — Steam game cover

    Detective Mane

    Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.

    When items go missing and mysterious occurrences disrupt every day life, Detective Leonardo Mane is on the scene. Investigate, interrogate, accuse and solve the case.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Letters Past — Steam game cover

    Letters Past

    Single-player alternative to MANDAGON — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MANDAGON.

    Play as a postman delivering the words of others over an ancient mountain path. Journal your observations, think on the world around you and consider how your own voice fits into it all.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dear Esther — Steam game cover

    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.

    2012IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nephise: Ascension — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018AdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paws and Soul — Steam game cover

    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!

    2020IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Story About My Uncle — Steam game cover

    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...

    2014IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Keep in Mind: Remastered — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Contrast — Steam game cover

    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.

    2013IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monument Valley — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP — Steam game cover

    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.

    2012IndieAdventure2.79 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Talos Principle — Steam game cover

    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).

    2014ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →