Single-player games like Event[0]
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Event[0], 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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Return to Grace
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Event[0].
A daring space archaeologist has just unearthed the ancient resting place of a long lost A.I. god known as Grace. Adventure with various fractured A.I. personalities as you uncover the great mystery of why she was shut down all those years ago.
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Last Signal
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].
Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator visual novel. On a mysterious journey through space, astronaut Adam 'Echo' Winters awakens in an abandoned station with amnesia. He must unravel the secrets of the station, where reality and illusion are intertwined.
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Event[0].
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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The Gods of the Red Planet
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].
Your team must uncover the secrets of the Terraforming Center on Mars and face an overwhelming battle for the future of the Red Planet. But remember: every choice you make will shape the outcome of this fight.
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Do Not Buy This Game
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].
Are you really reading this to find out more? ...FINE! If you DO buy this game, expect me to narrate in your ear for around 2 hours about your poor life choices, all while I'll try to create something resembling a game for you to walk around in.
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Tacoma
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
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Polar Shift
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Event[0].
Polar Shift is a puzzle-based escape room game where you must break out of an alien prison after an unexpected crash landing, all while you decode a foreign language, evade capture, and make bad decisions.
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Elea - Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].
Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this episodic first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Event[0].
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Event[0] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Event[0].
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.