Single-player games like Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, 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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Sephonie
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
In this 3D, story-driven platforming adventure, explore an uninhabited island's massive cave network. Learn about the heroes' psyches as you explore lush caverns, subterranean oceans, and surreal cityscapes, all while meeting surprising creatures! By Anodyne & Angeline Era's devs!
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Indigo's Dreams
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
A mixed-media video game of a Wonderland. Play as Indigo, a young girl trying to find her way back home after her dreams take her to a land unknown. Traverse through abandoned beaches, hidden forests, a cloud town, and more. Discover newfound purpose along your way.
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Even the Ocean
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!
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Demon Tides
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Psychonauts 2
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
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Magical Delicacy
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
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Viola: The Heroine's Melody
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
Viola: The Heroine's Melody is the musical Platformer/RPG! After failing at violin practice for the hundredth time, Viola becomes trapped inside her instrument's fantastical world. Join her adventure to find her way back home, aided by the diverse ensemble of friends she meets along the way.
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Anodyne
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
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Hylics
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.
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Elysium
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
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Angeline Era
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
Explore a secret-filled land in this 3D Action-Adventure, where every level is hidden in plain sight! Travel and fight through a vast, unmarked overworld. The next surprise is only a single search away!
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All Our Asias
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
In this free 3D adventure, explore someone's mind and discover their secrets in a surreal story about a father, son, Asian-America and more. Explore a dying father's "Memory World", and travel to familiar, supernatural spaces. By Melos, co-creator of Anodyne and Angeline Era.