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Single-player games like Relicta

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Relicta, 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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    Cybernetic Fault — Steam game cover

    Cybernetic Fault

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.

    Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Portal 2 — Steam game cover

    Portal 2

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Astro Link — Steam game cover

    Astro Link

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.

    Astro Link is a Portal-like puzzle game that takes place within the mysterious Astro Link facility. What happened to this place? Will test subject #602 be able to find out?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Portal — Steam game cover

    Portal

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Relicta.

    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.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Seed of Life — Steam game cover

    Seed of Life

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.

    Seed of Life is an epic adventure game about the persistence of life. You're Cora, the last known survivor of Lumia, a dying planet. Your only hope to save your homeworld is to activate the Seed of Life and rekindle the sun once again. Will you be the light that conquers the darkness?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Moss: Book II — Steam game cover

    Moss: Book II

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.

    Quill is back—and she’s being hunted. To stand a chance, Quill will need a true partner by her side—and we hope that partner is you. Moss: Book II is an action-adventure puzzle game and award-winning sequel (The Game Awards "Best VR/AR Game") to Moss.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Viewfinder — Steam game cover

    Viewfinder

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relicta.

    Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

    2023IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vesper: Zero Light Edition — Steam game cover

    Vesper: Zero Light Edition

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.

    Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Talos Principle — Steam game cover

    The Talos Principle

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.

    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).

    2014ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Magrunner: Dark Pulse — Steam game cover

    Magrunner: Dark Pulse

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.

    Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Prince of Persia® — Steam game cover

    Prince of Persia®

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.

    The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...

    2008ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Q.U.B.E. 2 — Steam game cover

    Q.U.B.E. 2

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.

    Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Turing Test — Steam game cover

    The Turing Test

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Relicta.

    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.

    2016Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Talos Principle 2 — Steam game cover

    The Talos Principle 2

    Single-player alternative to Relicta — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.

    The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.

    2023ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →