Single-player games like The Spectrum Retreat
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Spectrum Retreat, 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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Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.
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The Station
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
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Draugen
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
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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Discolored
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
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Q.U.B.E. 2
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
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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Cradle
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Spectrum Retreat.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
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 Witness
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Superliminal
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
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Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to The Spectrum Retreat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Spectrum Retreat.
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.