Single-player games like Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle, 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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Runaway, A Road Adventure
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
New York, 2000......Without knowing how or why, Brian, a student on the verge of graduating from college, is attacked by Mafia gangsters. During his desperate getaway, in the company of a mysterious striptease dancer, he ends up meeting a wide range of unusual characters.
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Runaway: A Twist of Fate
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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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Broken Age
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
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Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
Wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Syberia
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
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Blacksad: Under the Skin
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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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Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh
Single-player alternative to Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle.
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.