Single-player games like Around the Words
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Around the Words, 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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Enola
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
Survive a macabre world conjured up by the tortured memories of Angelica.
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Braid
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Around the Words.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
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Universe Sandbox Legacy
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
Create and destroy on a scale you’ve never imagined!
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Dungeons of Dredmor
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
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A Story About My Uncle
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
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Save the Dodos
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
Save the Dodos! We’re all familiar with the sad tale of the charming, yet unintelligent Dodo. But now you can prevent their heart-breaking tale of extinction! Guide the dodos through 100 challenging levels and save our avian dullards from extinction.
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Marcus Level
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Around the Words.
Marcus thought that while his parents were away, he could play his favorite videogame "Gorbar and The Valley of the Seven Light Towers". Unfortunately, he got transported inside the videogame itself !
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Classic Fun Collection 5 in 1
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Around the Words.
The Classic Fun Collection is a pack of 5 games in 1 for you to enjoy!
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Escape The Past
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Around the Words.
Stuck on this island, you have only one thing in your mind... Escape ! It's time for you to uncover the secrets of your life. Fight what you created and accept its consequences. Are you ready to escape your past ? In this new escape game, try to solve all the enigmas through several oneiric landscapes.
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Rage Against The Zombies
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Around the Words.
Waves of various DUMB ZOMBIES want to be your best friends, but it looks like you would prefer to see them dead!So help yourself and use your skills to kill them all!
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Harald: A Game of Influence
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Harald is a card game of influence and majority. As the head of a village, each player will try to charm the most influential character of the realm to be noticed by the King and win his favor. But to win you will need to think and wisely use the abilities of each character.