Single-player games like Around the Words
Below are 13 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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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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Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
The grim reapers Grimm and Rose need your help to defeat a legion of monsters, ghosts, and evil bunnies using the power of words! Letter Quest Remastered is the remake of the Bacon Bandits' first game, now with an endless mode, new soundtrack, and fully animated monsters!
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The Wonderful End of the World
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
You can't save the whole world. It's going to be eaten by a mythological demon with the head of a fish. But as a puppet that absorbs all it touches, you can try to rescue as much of Earth's greatness as you can before the end arrives. In the beginning, you roam the Earth, capable of absorbing only the tiniest of objects.
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ABZU
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
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Puzzle Dimension
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
Find solutions to 100 unique puzzles and experience the satisfaction of "Aha" moments!
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Overture
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Around the Words.
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
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Divide By Sheep
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
Divide By Sheep is a mind-bending math puzzler about friendship and slicing sheep in half with lasers. The Grim Reaper flooded the world, and it's up to you to save critters stranded on islands. Insane math skills required.
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Inside My Radio
Single-player alternative to Around the Words — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Around the Words.
Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub and disco music back to life!
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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.