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Single-player games like The Dig®

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Dig®, 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 Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition — Steam game cover

    The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Dig®.

    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.

    2009Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™ — Steam game cover

    Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Dig®.

    Wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.

    2010Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Curse of Monkey Island — Steam game cover

    The Curse of Monkey Island

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Dig®.

    The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?

    2018Adventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Day of the Tentacle Remastered — Steam game cover

    Day of the Tentacle Remastered

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Dig®.

    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.

    2016Adventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition — Steam game cover

    Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Dig®.

    Also known as Out Of This World™, Another World is a pioneer action/platformer that released across more than a dozen platforms since its debut in 1991. Along the years, Another World™ has attained cult status among critics and sophisticated gamers alike.

    2013ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Maniac Mansion — Steam game cover

    Maniac Mansion

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Dig®.

    Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...

    2017Adventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Night of the Rabbit — Steam game cover

    The Night of the Rabbit

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Dig®.

    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.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Full Throttle Remastered — Steam game cover

    Full Throttle Remastered

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Dig®.

    Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.

    2017Adventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™ — Steam game cover

    STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition — Steam game cover

    STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A game that will show gamers the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision course with Luke Skywalker himself.

    2009Action4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995) — Steam game cover

    STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire.

    2009ActionDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STAR WARS™ Episode I Racer — Steam game cover

    STAR WARS™ Episode I Racer

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Two Engines. One Champion. No Limits.

    2018ActionRacing2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II — Steam game cover

    STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

    Single-player alternative to The Dig® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.

    2009Action1.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →