Single-player games like Sunward
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Sunward, 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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Mirror's Edge™
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sunward.
In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
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Sable
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sunward.
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
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Sea of Solitude
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sunward.
When humans get too lonely, they turn into monsters… Set sail across a beautiful and evolving world of darkness and light, and discover what it means to be human.
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Demon Tides
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sunward.
Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!
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Neva
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sunward.
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
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A Hat in Time
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sunward.
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
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Niko: Through The Dream
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sunward.
Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!
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Paradise Lost
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sunward.
It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.
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Rise Of Baihu
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Free To Play with Sunward.
You embody Baihu, a swift tiger. Before you lie the guardian lands, a magnificent landscape to explore at your leisure, filled with challenges. Your goal? Succeed in the trial of the gods to become one of the guardian beasts of the world.
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Despair
Single-player alternative to Sunward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Free To Play with Sunward.
Despair is a third-person stealth game where you incarnate Emre Tuccar, a merchant from Constantinople and set off in search of his family in a city devastated by an ancient curse.