Single-player games like ESPER
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to ESPER, 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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A Fisherman's Tale 2
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with ESPER.
A Fisherman's Tale 2, sequel to the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, is a new mind-bending VR puzzle-adventure. A poetic story with unique VR puzzle mechanics. Detach, Replace and Control your hands, solve puzzles, explore new locations and discover the truth.
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FORM
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with ESPER.
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
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Abode
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ESPER.
Abode is an escape room puzzle game. You will have to find, combine and utilize tools and furniture in the room to unveil all its secrets.
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The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with ESPER.
Help your grandfather solve the mystery of the stolen pets by solving puzzles in wonderful miniature worlds crafted for VR. Use a hairdryer to melt snow in a wintery landscape! Search the wreck of a pirate ship hidden under the surface! Every world is unique, full of interactions and colorful life.
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Yupitergrad 🚀(Virtual Reality Adventure)
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ESPER.
🌟 Brave dream of VR gaming. Grappling hooks, wacky humor, spatial stunts, motion sickness countermeasures, Dieselpunk adventure, space acrobatics, and out-of-the-box puzzles. Yupitergrad has it ALL.🌟
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Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A new mysterious enemy threatens to tear apart the universe and only you can stop them! Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time lets players embark on an adventure through space and time. Travel across the universe, visit alien locations, pilot the TARDIS and solve the mystery of the controlling force behind the Reality Virus.
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Transpose
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with ESPER.
Transpose is a dreamlike and gravity-defying time manipulation puzzle game in VR. It challenges players to solve increasingly complex physics puzzles as they explore an extraordinarily surreal world.
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The Room VR: A Dark Matter
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.
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Kingdom Two Crowns
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ESPER.
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
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ISLANDERS
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with ESPER.
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
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Chip
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ESPER.
Chip is an isometric puzzle game with robots, electricity and fancy dress! The player must help recharge Chip - a plucky little red robot - who has been imprisoned by the nefarious villain, Rust.
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Shu
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ESPER.
Shu is a stylish 2.5D platformer set in a beautiful and engrossing world. Guide Shu and a cast of beautifully hand-drawn characters as they run, jump and glide their way across exotic lands, forever pursued by the monstrous and unrelenting Storm. CAN YOU OUTRUN THE END OF THE WORLD?
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Astronimo
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Crash-landed and ill-prepared, you and your friends must build, break, and rebuild to escape. A chaotic co-op puzzler about creativity, comedy, and questionable engineering.
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Augmented Empire
Single-player alternative to ESPER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ESPER.
Step into New Savannah, 2058 - a city divided by class and corruption, where your tactical choices spark a cyberpunk revolution. Assemble a team of misfits and lead them through 26 intense missions with deep strategy and immersive storytelling. Every decision shapes your rebellion.