Single-player games like The Big Journey
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Big Journey, 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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Lilly's rescue
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Big Journey.
Lilly's Rescue is a Action RPG game, play it your way, improve your skills throughout the game and find your kitten and bring him home.
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Super Phantom Cat
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
A retro-casual platformer game! No matter who you are! Get your cat ears ready, BRING IT ON! Set off on the crazy journey to rescue your sister!
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Semblance
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
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CATO: Buttered Cat
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!
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Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Meet Lumote, the squishiest bioluminescent creature, in this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer. Take control of the world’s inhabitants on a quest into the Great Depths to seize control from the Mastermote.
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Omno
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.
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MagiCat
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
MagiCat is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the retro games from 16-bit era. The game features a cute magical cat adventuring 63 levels, each with their own unique boss battle spread across 7 worlds.
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My Memory of Us
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.
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Sonic Generations Collection
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
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Pikuniku
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Big Journey.
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
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Sushi Cat - Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to The Big Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Big Journey.
Battle back waves of rogue sushi in this cute-but-chaotic roguelite tower defense! Build, upgrade, and reshape the battlefield each run.