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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Night Stones
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You awake in Mythica, a cozy island where magical stones change day to night. Explore winding paths or venture into the wilds with your trusty glider and sailboat. To return home, you must befriend quirky townsfolk, discover hidden treasures, master magic, and face enemies in clever puzzle combat.
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Valley
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.
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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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Sable
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
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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ABZU
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
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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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DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Single-player alternative to RiME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RiME.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.