Single-player games like HIVESWAP: ACT 1
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to HIVESWAP: ACT 1, 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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HIVESWAP: ACT 2
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
Continue Joey and Xefros’s adventure through the dark and dangerous planet Alternia. Meet dozens of unique and memorable characters, some more helpful than others, as you navigate this volatile alien culture. Hurry up! There’s a train to catch.
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Hiveswap Friendsim
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship.
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Elroy and the Aliens
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
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.
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Ittle Dew
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick Tippsie crash onto a strange island, filled with loot and mysterious inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this might become their biggest adventure yet.Ittle Dew boils down the classic adventure formula until there is only fun left.
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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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Eastward
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…
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Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
Delve into Dark Legends Lurking in the Shadow of an Old English Mansion!
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Pesterquest
Single-player alternative to HIVESWAP: ACT 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HIVESWAP: ACT 1.
Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe, created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie.