Single-player games like The Vessel
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Vessel, 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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Chronoform
Single-player alternative to The Vessel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Vessel.
A sci-fi precision puzzle-platformer where every death becomes a tool. Replay ghost echoes of your past runs to manipulate machinery, solve intricate timing puzzles, and escape a deadly research facility.
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RTG
Single-player alternative to The Vessel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Vessel.
RTG is narrative sci-fi puzzle/platformer about a guy with no memories stranded inside strange world, where initially nothing makes sense. Solve gradually challenging puzzles and, piece by piece, unravel mystery behind what you see and experience.
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Satelital
Single-player alternative to The Vessel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Vessel.
A rule-discovery puzzle game where you place alien symbols on a grid. Uncover their logic as you journey through an atmospheric solar system.
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Shoot'em & Scoot'em
Single-player alternative to The Vessel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Vessel.
Aliens stole your horse! Saddle up, take aim, and blast across space! Every shot rockets you the opposite way and you can change directions on a dime. Can you rescue Scooty?
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Reaction
Single-player alternative to The Vessel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Vessel.
Fly your ship though a derelict space station in this action/puzzle 2D platformer as you avoid hazards, repair your ship back to working condition and uncover the mysteries within. What awaits inside and can you get out again?
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Welcome To Mars 9
Single-player alternative to The Vessel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Vessel.
You wake up in a luxurious space station orbiting Mars with no memory of your past. Explore, solve puzzles, and make ethical choices in this narrative adventure with multiple endings.
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DIMENSIONAL PURSUIT
Single-player alternative to The Vessel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Vessel.
Make your way through complex futuristic puzzles! Manipulate portals, redirect reflective lasers and dodge an army of hostile robots to find the exit.
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Rusty Flesh
Single-player alternative to The Vessel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Vessel.
Rusty Flesh is a sci-fi horror puzzle platformer for the Game Boy Color where you switch gravity instead of jumping. Explore the different areas of a derelict spaceship putting together all the pieces of its lovecraftian mistery, and enjoy its retro-futuristic aesthetics.