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Single-player games like Eselmir and the five magical gifts

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Eselmir and the five magical gifts, 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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    Shardlight — Steam game cover

    Shardlight

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

    2016IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blackwell Deception — Steam game cover

    Blackwell Deception

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    1979 Revolution: Black Friday — Steam game cover

    1979 Revolution: Black Friday

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 — Steam game cover

    The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.

    2012IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tormentum - Dark Sorrow — Steam game cover

    Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual4.79 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gabriel Knight® 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned — Steam game cover

    Gabriel Knight® 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    Play as both Gabriel Knight and Grace Nakimura as you learn more about what is hidden in the hills of France.

    2016Adventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lands of Dream — Steam game cover

    The Lands of Dream

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    A cycle of adventure games set in the Lands of Dream, including The Sea Will Claim Everything.

    2016IndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Little Briar Rose — Steam game cover

    Little Briar Rose

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    Little Briar Rose is a very special, stained glass-styled adventure game inspired by the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    King's Quest — Steam game cover

    King's Quest

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.

    2015AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Tale of Two Kingdoms — Steam game cover

    A Tale of Two Kingdoms

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    A Tale of Two Kingdoms is a graphical adventure in the style of the classic Sierra games. Set in the world of Celtic mythology and fairy tales, it features many sidequests and alternate endings, and a cast of fairies, a hungry giant, and an evil sorcerer stalking you...

    2017IndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    I Misteri di Maggia — Steam game cover

    I Misteri di Maggia

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    Released in 2004, "I Misteri di Maggia" is an amatorial point and click adventure game in first-person set in the small village of Maggia (Ticino, Switzerland)

    2018IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monorail Stories — Steam game cover

    Monorail Stories

    Single-player alternative to Eselmir and the five magical gifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eselmir and the five magical gifts.

    Monorail Stories is an adventure game focusing on extraordinary things happening to ordinary people. Board the monorail and experience a special story about humanity, friendships, and intertwined destinies manifesting during the everyday commute.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →