Single-player games like Old Man's Journey
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Old Man's Journey, 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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The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
Funded on Kickstarter with backers including legend of the genre Ron Gilbert, The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is an otherworldly point-and-click adventure - filled with strange beasts, evil witches, confused automatons and wacky ropemen.
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Untitled Hand Game: Titled Edition
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Old Man's Journey.
Embark on a short journey no hand on a stick has been on until now and never again. Rummage through things, avoid being slapped, and hand stuff out to other hands before they lose their patience.
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Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, Rain, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl by the name of Mila on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office. Together, they search for a letter containing the last words of someone who seemingly never existed.
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Totally Nutz: An 80s Adventure
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
Step back into the 80s in this hand-drawn, hidden-object puzzle adventure about a family of squirrels chasing a big dream. Join the Nutz family as they journey from their quiet home in the suburbs to the big city in search of the legendary Acorn Games.
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Pine: A Story of Loss
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
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3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
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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Papetura
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
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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Paperbark
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
Paperbark is a charming game that tells a beautiful short story of a wombat, the bush and a very hot Australian Summer.
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When The Past Was Around
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
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Monument Valley
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
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Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
Master the gibbon’s art of movement with a unique moveset that lets you swing, slide and somersault through a lush jungle canopy, and experience a free-flowing story of family and survival as you search for a home that may be lost forever.
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And Yet It Moves
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Old Man's Journey.
And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.
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Secrets of Rætikon
Single-player alternative to Old Man's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Old Man's Journey.
Ruthless bird versus bird action. Wild animals and the artefacts of a mysterious ancient culture. A game full of challenge and discovery – unlike anything you've played before.