Single-player games like The Search
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Search, 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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Nephise Begins
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.
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Discolored
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
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The Sojourn
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
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Syberia
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Search.
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
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Through Abandoned: The Underground City
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
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The Berlin Apartment
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.
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Call of the Sea
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
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Obduction
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
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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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
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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The Unfinished Swan
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
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Riven
Single-player alternative to The Search — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Search.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.