Single-player games like Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Below are 10 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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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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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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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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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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Planet of Lana II
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.
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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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Constance
Single-player alternative to Anodyne 2: Return to Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
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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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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.