Single-player games like The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition, 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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Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
Cosmic Osmo is a game about exploration and discovery, not winning or challenges. Children and adults will both find something to enjoy in this early gem from the creators of Myst.
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Riven (1997)
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.
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Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!
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My Brother Rabbit
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
My Brother Rabbit is a beautifully drawn exploration adventure and puzzle game set in a surreal world that mixes reality with a child’s imagination.
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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
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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URU: Complete Chronicles
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
The critically acclaimed adventure of Uru: Ages Beyond Myst returns with this special collection that contains more Uru than ever before. Already the deepest Myst adventure to date, Uru is significantly expanded with the addition of To D'ni™ and The Path of the Shell, expansion packs that will take Uru beyond your imagination.
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Maniac Mansion
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
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.
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Riven
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
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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realMyst: Masterpiece Edition
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
Released in 2014, experience one of the first 3D adaptations of the renowned puzzle-adventure game Myst! Each discovery you make, every puzzle you solve, will bring you closer to reversing a wrong that has gone unchecked for ages.
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Firmament
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
Firmament is a new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms… and beyond!
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Myst III: Exile
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
The story of Myst continues in this third entry of the series, originally released in 2001. Return to this strange and wondrous universe, where books become portals into worlds, and where the lessons of the past may yet hold meaning for today...
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Myst V: End of Ages
Single-player alternative to The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
The Grand Finale of the greatest adventure! Decide the fate of a civilization in this triumphant final chapter to the Myst saga. Embark on an epic journey into the heart of a shattered empire as the only explorer who can still save it— or destroy it with the wrong choices.