Single-player games like Widower's Sky
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Widower's Sky, 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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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Single-player alternative to Widower's Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Widower's Sky.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to Widower's Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Widower's Sky.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Widower's Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Widower's Sky.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Single-player alternative to Widower's Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Widower's Sky.
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
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Murdered: Soul Suspect
Single-player alternative to Widower's Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Widower's Sky.
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
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Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Widower's Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Widower's Sky.
Play as special agent Francis York Morgan in this open-world action-adventure as you solve the case of the Red Seed Murders and survive in a small, quirky American mountain town where supernatural creatures and a mysterious raincoat-clad, axe-wielding killer seek to end his investigation for good.
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1428: Shadows over Silesia
Single-player alternative to Widower's Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Widower's Sky.
Medieval Europe is in the middle of religious upheaval and many a preacher predict the imminent end of the world. Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy story with true historical events in the background. You'll be facing intricate puzzles, challenging battles and cunning stealth.
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Contrast
Single-player alternative to Widower's Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Widower's Sky.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.