Single-player games like Golem
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Golem, 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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Lair of the Clockwork God
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golem.
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
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Stick it to The Man!
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golem.
Hard hat tester, Ray, has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain! With his awesome new powers he can read minds and change the world with stickers but he’s on the run for a crime he didn’t commit. Can you help Ray out of this sticky situation?
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In Other Waters
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golem.
Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
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Little Misfortune
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golem.
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
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Gorogoa
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golem.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golem.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golem.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Stories Untold
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golem.
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
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RiME
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Golem.
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
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FEZ
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Golem.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
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Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Golem.
Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!
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DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Golem.
The king of breakout games is back in a special 20th Anniversary Edition with high-res boards, new power-ups, online leaderboards, a boardset editor and more!
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Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Golem.
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...
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Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
Single-player alternative to Golem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Golem.
Conquer the ancient Greek world in Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, an epic strategy wargame that expands and refines the award-winning Hegemony: Philip of Macedon with brand new content and features.