Single-player games like Runaway, A Road Adventure
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Runaway, A Road Adventure, 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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Runaway: A Twist of Fate
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full of twists and turns, and packed with comical highlights. All in all, you will be confronted with more than 200 mysteries and puzzles to keep your brain running through a big adventure that you...
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Elroy and the Aliens
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
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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Lucy Dreaming
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
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The Roottrees are Dead
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
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Nine Noir Lives
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
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The Book of Unwritten Tales
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
The Man With The Hat Is Back In His Greatest Adventure Yet! 1939 - The eve of World War II. Nazi agents are about to get their hands on a weapon more dangerous than the atom bomb. Only Indy can stop them before they unleash the deadly secret that sank Atlantis.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
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Secret Files 3
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
The bestselling Secret Files franchise celebrates its return! The dream couple Max and Nina have announced their forthcoming wedding.
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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father®
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Gabriel Knight is the last in a long line of Shadow Hunters, those fated to fight the dark forces of the supernatural.
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Blacksad: Under the Skin
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
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Yesterday
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Yesterday is a thrilling and dark mystery from the masters of adventure, Pendulo Studios.
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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
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The Next BIG Thing
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!
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Yesterday Origins
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
John Yesterday becomes immortal following an occult ritual. However, not everything goes to plan. He and his girlfriend Pauline must embark on an investigation to try to reproduce the immortality ritual. But his former acquaintances have other plans for him...
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Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Travel to the four corners of the world with Brian and Gina in a crazy story packed full of surprises. Pirates, spies, surfers, soldiers, and even aliens get in on the act - all combining to create a wonderfully rewarding experience to savour and remember forever!
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Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh
Single-player alternative to Runaway, A Road Adventure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, A Road Adventure.
Tintin and his faithful companion Snowy are going to experience some extraordinary adventures…After meeting Professor Sarcophagus whilst cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the famous reporter sets out in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh.