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Single-player games like Digital Waste

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Digital Waste, 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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    Clay Monkey: The Master Potter and The Kiln God — Steam game cover

    Clay Monkey: The Master Potter and The Kiln God

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

    Clay Monkey is a top-down exploration game based on sourcing materials from the earth to make ceramic art that will be displayed in a final art exhibition. With a dream, not just a monkey; an artist.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THE INDIE DEV — Steam game cover

    THE INDIE DEV

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

    THE INDIE DEV invites you, the player, to a behind-the-scenes look at one wannabe indie darling's sordid tryst with game development. Learn what it takes to be an amateur, laugh at jokes, experience plot twists, and join our rookie dev on a rollercoaster ride that's rapidly running out of track.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Judge, Jury, and Keyboard — Steam game cover

    Judge, Jury, and Keyboard

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

    In an era dominated by viral trends, you become the "Internet Judge"—where a few keystrokes can sway public opinion and determine fates. This darkly humorous strategy game lets you experience the absurdity and power of "keyboard justice." Every judgment you make reshapes this chaotic digital world.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    In Other Waters — Steam game cover

    In Other Waters

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

    Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

    2020IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hymer 2000 — Steam game cover

    Hymer 2000

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

    Hymer 2000 is an interactive text puzzle game, where players freely converse with the "Hymer" and use an open "Search" function to retrieve past conversations. By discovering keywords, gathering clues, and collecting "Faces", players uncover Hymer's secrets and ultimately shut it down.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legend of Homebody — Steam game cover

    Legend of Homebody

    Single-player alternative to Digital Waste — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Digital Waste.

    The simple game of a shut-in learning from home and earn money. (The game is purely fictional, do not try this out in reality. This is a somewhat serious and heavy game, so don't be fooled by appearances.)

    2021IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Imagine Lifetimes — Steam game cover

    Imagine Lifetimes

    Single-player alternative to Digital Waste — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Digital Waste.

    Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.

    2020IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THE CORRIDOR — Steam game cover

    THE CORRIDOR

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

    THE CORRIDOR is a 20-30 minute experience about the relationship between player and game.

    2020IndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kevin(1997-2077) — Steam game cover

    Kevin(1997-2077)

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

    Kevin wants to show what his life would be and why.他用没人懂的语言写了一本书。 A language-deciphering game.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ginger — Steam game cover

    Ginger

    Single-player alternative to Digital Waste — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Digital Waste.

    Kevin wants to know what home is, so he writes a novella within a dictionary. Welcome to the unbeatable home.

    2025Adventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    kevin's PLAYING in berlin — Steam game cover

    kevin's PLAYING in berlin

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

    Release the author, who is nothing but the player. Release the player, and restore the freedom once taken away. A three-game experiment in what it means to play.

    2026IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →