Single-player games like Dreaming
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dreaming, 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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ONEiRA
Single-player alternative to Dreaming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreaming.
ONEiRA is a narrative-driven puzzle-platformer where your choices matter. Explore a world where dreams are sold as entertainment and your job is to ensure each is market-ready. Inspect virtual dreamscapes and untangle the trauma hidden within.
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Always in Mind
Single-player alternative to Dreaming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreaming.
Wield extraordinary powers born from forgotten memories to escape a subconscious on the brink of collapse. Team up with Proxy, a living archive of your family’s history, as you slow time, bend gravity, and manifest memories in a coming-of-age adventure where technology and imagination collide.
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Planet of Lana II
Single-player alternative to Dreaming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreaming.
As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.
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Farewell North
Single-player alternative to Dreaming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreaming.
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
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Machinarium
Single-player alternative to Dreaming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreaming.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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Rita
Single-player alternative to Dreaming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreaming.
Rita is a cozy adventure where a little chicklet solves word-based puzzles to transform the world around her. Follow her story across generations, meet her grandchicklet, and be a part of her legacy.
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Raji: An Ancient Epic
Single-player alternative to Dreaming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreaming.
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion of the human realm. Her destiny? To rescue her younger brother and face the demon lord Mahabalasura.
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Anamorphine
Single-player alternative to Dreaming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreaming.
Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.