Single-player games like The Sojourn
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Sojourn, 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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The Witness
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sojourn.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sojourn.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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Archaica: The Path of Light
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sojourn.
Archaica is an atmospheric puzzler with lasers and mirrors, that introduces a mystical and ancient world, full of challenging puzzles. In this game, we become the Light Bearer who is sent on a quest to walk the legendary Path of Light and save the world from impending disaster.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sojourn.
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 Search
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sojourn.
Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!
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Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sojourn.
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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Metamorphosis
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sojourn.
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sojourn.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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Tetris® Effect: Connected
Single-player alternative to The Sojourn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sojourn.
Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!