Single-player games like Genesis Noir
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Genesis Noir, 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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COCOON
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
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GRIS
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
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The Unfinished Swan
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
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NORCO
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure in which you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to journey between reality and book worlds, and steal legendary items like Thor's Hammer and Excalibur to restore your ability to write.
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Creaks
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Escape Lala 2 - Retro Point and Click Adventure
Single-player alternative to Genesis Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genesis Noir.
Our beloved princess is missing… What happened? Discover the world of Escape Lala 2, solve mysteries, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world.