Single-player games like The Talos Principle 2
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to The Talos Principle 2, 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 Talos Principle: Reawakened
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
Step back into a world of thought-provoking puzzles, philosophical intrigue, and breathtaking visuals with The Talos Principle: Reawakened - a first-person puzzle masterpiece for both new players and long-time fans alike.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
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 Witness
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
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The Swapper
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones™.
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The Forgotten City
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle 2.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Quantum Conundrum
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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Antichamber
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle 2.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
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Serious Sam II
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle 2.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle 2.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
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Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle 2.
Serious Sam Fusion is a central hub for several existing Serious Sam games developed by Croteam. Cool new features, engine upgrades, patches and updates will be released to existing owners for FREE!
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Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Talos Principle 2.
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.
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Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
Single-player alternative to The Talos Principle 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Talos Principle 2.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.