Single-player games like Paradigm
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Paradigm, 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 Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm.
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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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
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The Procession to Calvary
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm.
Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.
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The Book of Unwritten Tales
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Paradigm.
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
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Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm.
From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.
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Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm.
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
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Anna's Quest
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm.
With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.
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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm.
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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Myst
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradigm.
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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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Paradigm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Paradigm.
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.