Single-player games like The Station
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to The Station, 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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Tacoma
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
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Deliver Us The Moon
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
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The Solus Project
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
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The Fall of Lazarus
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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The Guest
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
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Titan Station
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Station.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
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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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Station.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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The Station VR
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Station VR is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.