Single-player games like Thimbleweed Park™
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Thimbleweed Park™, 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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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
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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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
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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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
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Resonance
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
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3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
In a race against time, Betty embarks on a thrilling, comedy-packed adventure to crack a conspiracy that starts with a bang and ends at 3 Minutes to Midnight.
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Maniac Mansion
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
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Simon the Sorcerer 3D
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
Simon is back and this time in 3 dimensions! Once again explore with Simon a vast fantastical world and help him find a way back home by uncovering the secrets of 'The Nexus'. Do this before your arch nemesis, Sordid, can use its power for more evil means.
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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
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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Detention
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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Afterparty
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
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Riven
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
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.
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Syberia
Single-player alternative to Thimbleweed Park™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thimbleweed Park™.
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.