Single-player games like Faraway: Puzzle Escape
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Faraway: Puzzle Escape, 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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Escape Machine City: Airborne
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
It has been two days since the once vibrant Air City went completely silent and now it seems to be flying on its own
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Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Embark on an archaeological adventure inside an ancient pyramid to find your missing mentor. As an intrepid explorer, solve puzzles, investigate clues, and unravel the pyramid's secrets. Spoiler: it was not built by humans!
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
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Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.
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Quern - Undying Thoughts
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
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Memorrha
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
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The Eyes of Ara
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Explore a vast, mysterious castle riddled with secret rooms and challenging puzzles in this award-winning puzzle adventure.
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The Sojourn
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
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Escape Simulator
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
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Escape Simulator 2
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.
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SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Like a bastard child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reaction.
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Cats in Time
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
A relaxing puzzle game in which you explore 3D dioramas, solve puzzles and save cats lost in time! Crazy, right?!
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The Academy: The First Riddle
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
The Academy is a puzzle-packed adventure set in a school filled with mystery. Leave your mark on Arbor's Academy and find out why it only welcomes the best and the brightest.
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Faraway: Jungle Escape
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Faraway: Jungle Escape is a relaxing adventure escape game full of new puzzles to solve. The second sequel of the Faraway trilogy.
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Faraway: Arctic Escape
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Faraway: Arctic Escape is a relaxing adventure escape game full of new puzzles to solve. The final sequel of the Faraway trilogy.
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SURVIVAL IN THE BACKROOMS
Single-player alternative to Faraway: Puzzle Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Survival In The Backrooms is an atmospheric horror game in which you will wander for a long time through surreal corridors and rooms in search of a way out. Immerse yourself in this mysterious world and try not to become prey for its inhabitants.