Single-player games like The Turing Test
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Turing Test, 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 Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Observation
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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Event[0]
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
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The Swapper
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
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Tacoma
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
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Q.U.B.E. 2
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
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Deliver Us The Moon
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Maize
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Maize is a first-person adventure game about what happens when two scientists misinterpret a memo from the U.S. Government and create sentient corn. And that last sentence is pretty much the least ridiculous thing about the game.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Obduction
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
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Recursed
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.
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KILLRUN
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Run n' gun parkour speedrunner. Race to set the best times and create the fastest routes. Smash the pro times on every level and unlock new weapon packs as you progress through a prototype playground of replayable FPS mechanics. From the creators of BATTALION.
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Pneuma: Breath of Life
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Pneuma: Breath of Life forces you to think outside the box through a narrated story of self-discovery, whilst exploring the ontological mystery of the breath of life. Features award winning voice actor 'Jay Britton' as Pneuma.