Single-player games like The Watchmaker
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Watchmaker, 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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Beta MAX
Single-player alternative to The Watchmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Watchmaker.
Use four-dimensional thinking to manipulate time and navigate through this mind bending retro inspired realm. Solve puzzles to help Max find his way home in this atmospheric first-person puzzle platformer.
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FAR: Lone Sails
Single-player alternative to The Watchmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Watchmaker.
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
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Another Sight - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to The Watchmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Watchmaker.
A teenager who has lost her sight and a mysterious cat team up in a surreal fantasy adventure into the unexpected, weaving a tale that brings together some of the world’s greatest minds: Monet, Tesla, Edison and other historical cultural icons.
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Vessel
Single-player alternative to The Watchmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Watchmaker.
Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!
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Super Puzzled Cat
Single-player alternative to The Watchmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Watchmaker.
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.
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Teslagrad Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Watchmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Watchmaker.
Return to the indie classic Teslagrad, recharged to provide the ultimate electromagnetic experience! Escape a tyrant king, master the art of Teslamancy, and uncover the secrets buried deep within the Tesla Tower in this puzzle-platforming adventure!
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Teslagrad
Single-player alternative to The Watchmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Watchmaker.
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
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Hob
Single-player alternative to The Watchmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Watchmaker.
Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.