Single-player games like The Next BIG Thing
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to The Next BIG Thing, 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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Runaway, A Road Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
New York, 2000......Without knowing how or why, Brian, a student on the verge of graduating from college, is attacked by Mafia gangsters. During his desperate getaway, in the company of a mysterious striptease dancer, he ends up meeting a wide range of unusual characters.
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The Book of Unwritten Tales
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
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A New Beginning - Final Cut
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.
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Yesterday
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
Yesterday is a thrilling and dark mystery from the masters of adventure, Pendulo Studios.
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The Night of the Rabbit
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.
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Lost Horizon
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...
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Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
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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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
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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Blacksad: Under the Skin
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
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Yesterday Origins
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
John Yesterday becomes immortal following an occult ritual. However, not everything goes to plan. He and his girlfriend Pauline must embark on an investigation to try to reproduce the immortality ritual. But his former acquaintances have other plans for him...
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Runaway: A Twist of Fate
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full of twists and turns, and packed with comical highlights. All in all, you will be confronted with more than 200 mysteries and puzzles to keep your brain running through a big adventure that you...
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Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
Travel to the four corners of the world with Brian and Gina in a crazy story packed full of surprises. Pirates, spies, surfers, soldiers, and even aliens get in on the act - all combining to create a wonderfully rewarding experience to savour and remember forever!
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Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh
Single-player alternative to The Next BIG Thing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Next BIG Thing.
Tintin and his faithful companion Snowy are going to experience some extraordinary adventures…After meeting Professor Sarcophagus whilst cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the famous reporter sets out in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh.