Single-player games like A SECOND BEFORE US
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to A SECOND BEFORE US, 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 Witness
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Obduction
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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Drizzlepath: Genie
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
Walk as Lula, on the path you choose, as she journeys to discover the meaning of the Genie and fulfill her destiny.
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The Old City: Leviathan
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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Half-Life 2
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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BLIK
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
BLIK is a fascinating spatial first-person puzzle. You are a student at one of the best educational institutions in the world! Сomplete the study program course by solving all the puzzles and passing the final test! Be smart and diligent! Become the pride of the Academy!
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HANZ!
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A SECOND BEFORE US.
Fight with crowds of enemies, repel attacks with turrets, defeat invulnerable bosses in the new top-down shooter HANZ!
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Northern Lights
Single-player alternative to A SECOND BEFORE US — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A SECOND BEFORE US.
While the Great Stargazer is deeply sleeping, the Celestial Guardians protect the equilibrium of the forgotten world…