Single-player games like n00b's guide
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to n00b's guide, 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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Capicú
Single-player alternative to n00b's guide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with n00b's guide.
A narrative platformer where you play as a yoyo. It tells a story about growing up, having to leave everything behind and rebuilding your life somewhere new.
- 2
The Postman Cometh
Single-player alternative to n00b's guide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with n00b's guide.
Deliver mail in a strange little town in the middle of nowhere. Meet a colorful cast of villagers as you try to figure out what happened to the previous postman.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to n00b's guide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with n00b's guide.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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Thirty Flights of Loving
Single-player alternative to n00b's guide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with n00b's guide.
This surprising first-person story tells the tale of a heist gone wrong. Encounter high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.
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Journal
Single-player alternative to n00b's guide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with n00b's guide.
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
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Radiant One
Single-player alternative to n00b's guide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with n00b's guide.
Radiant One is art. It makes you think about the meaning of human existence in today's rapidly changing world.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to n00b's guide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with n00b's guide.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
Single-player alternative to n00b's guide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with n00b's guide.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery. Also there's a wizard.