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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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    Hope: A Sky Full of Ghosts — Steam game cover

    Hope: A Sky Full of Ghosts

    Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heaven's Vault.

    In this narrative-driven, sci-fi point and click adventure, unravel the secrets of a stolen spaceship and your enigmatic crew. A new future away from corporate tyranny awaits. As captain, your choices matter and forging your crew's connections, even more so. Flying free has a cost. Will you pay it?

    AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    OXENFREE II: Lost Signals — Steam game cover

    OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

    Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.

    Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

    2023IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overboard! — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    80 Days — Steam game cover

    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.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Afterparty — Steam game cover

    Afterparty

    Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.

    In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gone Home — Steam game cover

    Gone Home

    Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.

    June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery — Steam game cover

    Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

    Single-player alternative to Heaven's Vault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heaven's Vault.

    Guide brush strokes and solve a variety of puzzles to help an aspiring artist complete her masterpiece amid her brusque neighbor’s gaze and his pesky cat. As her painting starts to take shape, uncover an emotional tale of chance and artistry revealed behind unrelated yet familiar moments.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pendragon: Narrative Tactics — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Return of the Obra Dinn — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TR-49 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026Adventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Highland Song — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Expelled! — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sorcery! Part 3 — Steam game cover

    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!

    2016IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →