Single-player games like The Gardens Between
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Gardens Between, 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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Mayfly
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
Mayfly is an eerie story-based quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Upon waking alone to find your husband is missing you find yourself weaving through a shifting, unstable reality as you search your confined surroundings in this short narrative exploration game.
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Anamorphine
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.
- 3
The Inspector
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
The Inspector is a first-person dreamlike adventure where you explore the coma of your patients, looking for memories that will wake them up.
- 4
Uncle Otto's Mansion
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
You play as Audrey, who has just inherited a mansion from an uncle she never met. Step inside and explore the mansion to unveil the story of what happened to your uncle Otto, his butler, and this kinda creepy place. 😬
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Red Frame
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
Descend into a buried mansion filled with intricate diorama-like puzzles. Manipulate time to test ideas and uncover hidden rules, piece together the story of a family, and discover the mechanism preserving their legacy.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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OPUS: Prism Peak
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
OPUS: Prism Peak is a narrative adventure where you play as a weary photographer stranded in the Dusklands, traveling with a girl who's lost her memories. Together, you'll uncover the mysteries of this land through your camera and find your way home.
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Before Your Eyes
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
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Monument Valley
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
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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Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between
Single-player alternative to The Gardens Between — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
Lose yourself in a dreamlike journey through memory, time, and friendship. Step into the story of Arina and Frendt as you guide them across surreal islands built from cherished childhood moments. With time in your hands and wonder at your feet, explore an evocative world reimagined for VR.