Single-player games like Heaven's Vault
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Heaven's Vault, 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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TR-49
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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In Other Waters
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
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Overboard!
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
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80 Days
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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Chants of Sennaar
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
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A Highland Song
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.
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Sorcery! Part 3
Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!