Single-player games like LEAVES - The Return
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to LEAVES - The Return, 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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LEAVES - The Journey
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Travel to the mystic lands of Mononino and help the Treefruities to recover the lost leaves of their home tree. Search for clues to master the many puzzles and challenges on your journey.
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The Franz Kafka Videogame
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
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Centum
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LEAVES - The Return.
Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.
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Leila
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
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Papetura
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Lucid Dream Adventure
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Die With Glory — Point and Click Adventure Game
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Die With Glory is a humor-packed adventure game with a rich, non-linear storyline where your ultimate goal is to die.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
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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VELONE
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LEAVES - The Return.
VELONE is a creative automation game in which you assemble and program mechanisms to solve logic puzzles. Both relaxing and highly replayable, you save the planet VELONE by creating automated constructs that move and assemble according to your masterplan.
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LEAVES 3
Single-player alternative to LEAVES - The Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Dive into the enchanting world of LEAVES 3, a handcrafted adventure full of mysteries and wonders. Explore a 3D world crafted with love and imagination, solve puzzles and free the Treefruities.