Single-player games like The Turing Test
Below are 18 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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Event-D
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Sci-fi Visual Novel (Linear Story). A group of astronauts, scientists and robots is sent to space on a mission to investigate the disturbing disappearance of the first manned spaceship in its journey to Mars.
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Soft(A)ware
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
A surreal puzzle-platformer where you bend gravity, rewind time, and disrupt a virtual prison built to contain you.
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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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Always On
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Choices matter in this interactive short story. It only takes about 1 hour to play through once, but there are multiple endings to explore. You play as an AI assistant to the 7 year old Evie. What kind of bot will you be?
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WalkBot
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
Perform your tasks as WalkBot. Help solve puzzles using the unique body-switching mechanic and see the story unfold in front of your eyes.
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Green Phoenix
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Green Phoenix is an on-rails arcade-like space shooter melted with a deep narrative experience which focuses on the concept of ego and the true meaning of freedom.
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Lightstep Chronicles
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Turing Test.
A routine mission fails and Cpt Cain Phoenix's squad is abducted by a mysterious spaceship. Their survival relies on his ability to communicate with the broken AI and puzzle out the grim secrets of the ship in this dark sci-fi text-based adventure.
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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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Quantum Conundrum
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
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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 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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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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Braid
Single-player alternative to The Turing Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
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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.