Single-player games like URU: Complete Chronicles
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to URU: Complete Chronicles, 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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Myst V: End of Ages
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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.
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Riven (1997)
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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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Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.
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Obduction
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Fire: Ungh’s Quest
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
FIRE is an exploration-adventure with intuitive puzzle design. Without losing many words it tells a savagely hilarious story. Journey into the Stone Age and face the most challenging task of this era: The search for fire!
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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realMyst: Masterpiece Edition
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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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Myst
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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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Riven
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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: Masterpiece Edition
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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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Firmament
Single-player alternative to URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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 URU: Complete Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with URU: Complete Chronicles.
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...