Single-player games like RiME
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to RiME, 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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The Witness
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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The Gardens Between
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
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The First Tree
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
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LOST EMBER
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
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Arise: A Simple Story
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
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Quern - Undying Thoughts
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
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AER Memories of Old
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world.
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Submerged: Hidden Depths
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
- 10
Firewatch
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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The Pathless
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Jusant
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.
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Journey
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.
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Sky: Children of the Light
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
A breathtaking open-world adventure awaits! Explore magical realms, restore lost light, and form wordless bonds with players worldwide. Complete quests and solve puzzles in seasonal events that celebrate kindness, discovery, and heartfelt connection.
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Eastshade
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Visit cities, scale summits, unearth mysteries, and discover forgotten places!
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The Sexy Brutale
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
- 18
Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Two best friends, one wild adventure. Join best friends Nunu and Willump on an adventure across the frozen wilds of the Freljord. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story is a single-player story adventure developed by Tequila Works.
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Deadlight: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
- 20
The Invisible Hours
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.
- 21
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You’re stuck in a time loop as Phil Connors, Jr., back in Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day in this virtual reality game set in the world of the iconic hit movie. Solve puzzles and interact with branching narrative gameplay, to break the time-loop cycle to escape into tomorrow.