Single-player games like Where Time Stood Still
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Where Time Stood Still, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Where Time Stood Still page.
Ranked picks
- 1

Objects in Space
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
- 2

Day D: Tower Rush
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
Onwards to the past! Learn the real power of science! Help the professor and his loyal companion deal with hordes of dinosaurs.
- 3

The Odyssey: Winds of Athena
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
As the Greek Goddess Athena, control the wind, seas, and air to guide the hero Odysseus home from the Trojan Wars. The incredibly realistic water current simulation will amaze and challenge you, as you use your powers to protect the Hero's fleet.
- 4

Moons Of Darsalon
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
Retro action "save-them-all" platformer including advanced physics combined with an unique retro feel. Complete rescue missions leading your colleagues to the closest base station. Fight enemies using your laser gun, jet pack, destroy terrain and even make new paths with the ground maker.
- 5

Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
- 6

UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
- 7

Dead Age
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
- 8

theHunter: Primal
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Where Time Stood Still.
Hunt - Explore - SurviveThe most realistic prehistoric survival game ever created. Featuring a huge Cretaceous environment populated by horrifying dinosaur all-stars, such as T-Rex, Triceratops, Utahraptor, Velociraptor and Quetzalcoatlus.
- 9

The Great Escape
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
Captured, but not defeated, you are being held in the notorious Heldentod camp. This small, converted castle in the middle of nowhere will be your home for the rest of the war—unless you can escape to rejoin the Allied Armies.
- 10

Last Rites
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Where Time Stood Still.
"We are food, but not for long." The Zombie apocalypse has come, and your squad is the last line of defense. Command a Special Forces unit with high-tech weaponry in this mission-based FPS with sprawling indoor and outdoor environments.
- 11

Central Intelligence
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
Central Intelligence is the ultimate test of your strategic skills. In this CIA-style mission you can operate in three areas, Propaganda, Military, and Political, to achieve your objectives.
- 12

ELF
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Where Time Stood Still.
The brave elf Cornelius must set out on a quest to save his true love from the clutches of Necrilous the Not Very Nice. Many villainous creatures, devious puzzles, traps, and tricky platforming challenges stand between Cornelius and his beloved, but they will be no match for him and his magic ring!
- 13

Sleepwalker
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Where Time Stood Still.
Lee sleepwalks on city rooftops, through the local zoo, down into a cavernous crypt, and across an active construction site! It’s up to Lee’s loyal dog Ralph to watch over him, neutralize hazards, and safely guide him home to his bed without waking him up in this hilarious puzzle platformer.
- 14

Pushover
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Where Time Stood Still.
G.I.Ant is extremely clever, and highly trained in tactical maneuvers. What's more, he is extraordinarily strong, and super smart. His latest mission is to gain access to the crazy world of Captain Rat's Treasure Caves. Straight forward, huh?...... NOT!
- 15

Motor Mash
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Where Time Stood Still.
Get Into the Mash! And Get into the 3D Cartoon Madness, 12 different cars and drivers in a fast, varied, style and weapons, lots of weapons!
- 16

Battle Command
Single-player alternative to Where Time Stood Still — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Where Time Stood Still.
Take control of a futuristic assault tank, dropped by Helicarrier right into the action! With multiple camera views and an array of weaponry, this much-loved ‘command’ game focuses more on outright fighting than the strategic elements of similar retro titles.