Single-player games like The Rodinia Project
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to The Rodinia Project, 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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Don't Touch this Button!
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Rodinia Project.
Don't Touch this Button! is a minimalistic puzzle game with a first-person point of view.
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Invertigo
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Rodinia Project.
INVERTIGO is a first-person sci-fi puzzle-platformer where you have to manipulate gravity to solve puzzles. Explore the abandoned facility and make use of gravity manipulation to advance through the rooms.
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Where wh..?
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Rodinia Project.
"Where Wh..?" is a Lowpoly-style point-and-click puzzle game. The goal is to find the "differences" and hidden "treasures" in the picture, travel through nine worlds, explore unknown areas, experience a variety of gameplay, and listen to melodious melodies.
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Under Iron Water
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Rodinia Project.
A first person adventure game with light platforming elements. On an island, somewhere in the ocean, a powerful creature has been captured but is slowly gaining power. It sends it's minions across the island to spread it's influence, one such location being the old village crypt, where you awaken.
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Attempt[42]
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Rodinia Project.
Challenging first person puzzle platformer.
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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EDGE
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
EDGE, the award winning retro-styled platform game has been extended! Now with over 40 brand new levels, additional music and all-new races against the notorious Dark Cube!
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Axyz
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Rodinia Project.
Roll, flip gravity and bend perspective in Axyz. Use your environmental and spatial awareness to beat over 100 levels and soak in the vaporwave in this tribute to 90s puzzle games.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
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Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.
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Q.U.B.E. 2
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
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Astray
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
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Ironguard
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
Ironguard is a fast-paced roguelite shooter with procedurally generated levels and a wide array of unique weapons and items
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INFECTIS
Single-player alternative to The Rodinia Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rodinia Project.
Hazy and disoriented, you awake in a prison cell with no memory of who you are or why you're here. Break free of your isolation and explore the abandoned hallways for a way out, guided by mysterious messages warning you to avoid the basement.