Single-player games like Maniac Mansion
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Maniac Mansion, 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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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Escape from Monkey Island™
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
Fourth in the legendary Monkey Island series of graphic adventures!
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
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Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!
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Not Another Weekend
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Indiana Jones® and the Last Crusade™
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
Europe, 1938: The lost Ark was just a warm-up! Now Adolf Hitler is after the most powerful talisman of all - the Holy Grail. A few brave men stand in his way. Fortunately, one of them is Indiana Jones, and this time he has his dad with him.
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Until Dawn™
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
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The Rocky Horror Show Video Game
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
A strange journey
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Single-player alternative to Maniac Mansion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maniac Mansion.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.