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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.