Single-player games like A Fisherman's Tale
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to A Fisherman's Tale, 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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A Fisherman's Tale 2
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
A Fisherman's Tale 2, sequel to the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, is a new mind-bending VR puzzle-adventure. A poetic story with unique VR puzzle mechanics. Detach, Replace and Control your hands, solve puzzles, explore new locations and discover the truth.
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Maskmaker
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
In an all new mysterious universe built by the developers of the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, you play as a Maskmaker's apprentice and learn the magic of crafting masks to immerse yourself in the intriguing enigmatic beings within the game.
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Viewfinder
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
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MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
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The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Help your grandfather solve the mystery of the stolen pets by solving puzzles in wonderful miniature worlds crafted for VR. Use a hairdryer to melt snow in a wintery landscape! Search the wreck of a pirate ship hidden under the surface! Every world is unique, full of interactions and colorful life.
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Paper Beast
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.
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The Midnight Walk
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
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Hyperbolica
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.
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The 7th Guest
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Henry Stauf's mansion has been abandoned for as long as anyone dare remember. Stauf was a master toy maker, a maker of amazing puzzles and this strange house was his greatest creation. Now the mansion stands empty, rotting ever since the children started dying, ever since the six guests came.
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Moss
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.
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Red Matter
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
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Superliminal
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
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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Firebird - La Peri
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
Enter a realm of enchantment with "FIREBIRD - La Péri", and play the role of Iskender, a prince seeking the "flower of immortality". You will appear on the stage, visit the ethereal world of La Péri, and witness a magical and poetic encounter as one of the characters...
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Firebird - The Unfinished
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Fisherman's Tale.
Behold, the new episode of the award-winning FIREBIRD SERIES for virtual reality ! The Unfinished is a magical musical experience in virtual reality, with music from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and beautiful ballet performances.
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One True Path - Part 1
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with A Fisherman's Tale.
A genre-bending VR adventure combining shooter, swordfighting and puzzle gameplay. YOU, ADVENTURER are drawn into the imaginary worlds of renowned gamebook author Jack Stevenson on a fantastical dimension-hopping journey to uncover the dark secrets behind his last masterpiece…
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Spymaster
Single-player alternative to A Fisherman's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Become the Spymaster: command three unique agents through time-critical missions. Harness the C.A.S.S.E.T.T.E, a top-secret device, to record, rewind, and synchronize their moves in an innovative spy game blending action, infiltration, and self-coop.