Single-player games like Creaks
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Creaks, 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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Familiar
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Familiar is an illustrated puzzle misadventure from Damsel Stone, following a witch's cat trying to undo a spell gone-wrong. Use a combination of platforming, problem solving, potion drinking, and people pleasing to undo the ongoing disaster and bring familiarity back to your home.
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Adventure Light
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Adventure Light is a beautiful and very atmospheric puzzle side-scrolling game about the boy with the magic lantern in the mysterious and dark forest.
- 3
Maggie the Magnet
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Creaks.
Science doesn't have to be boring! Use the powers of gravity and magnetic attraction to fling yourself across the laboratory and help Maggie solve dozens of puzzles to fulfill her mission as a researcher!
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CHUCHEL
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
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Raybound
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Everyone is born with an appearance of some sort, but you simply don't seem to know what you are... It's time for a sweet adventure, one taking place in a civilization obsessed with a star in the sky... Run, jump, and cast your rays to uncover the puzzles and mysteries of this world...
- 6
Nubla
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
A point'n'click adventure that will take you through the fantastic world of Nubla, full of puzzles and forgotten places. A journey of self-discovery, looking for your personal identity and place in the world.
- 7
Ynglet
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.
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Ignatius
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Ignatius is a atmospheric puzzle-platformer game with an interesting story. The game with its visual form and plot refers to the old silent movies.
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Samorost 3
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
- 10
Toki Tori 2+
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.
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Mini Metro
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Creaks.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
- 12
Machinarium
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
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Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Hitman GO is a simple to play, but difficult to master turn-based strategy game set in a stunning interpretation of the Hitman universe.
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Pilgrims
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?
- 15
The Room
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
- 16
Botanicula
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
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Happy Game
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
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Samorost 2
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Samorost 2 tells a surreal story of a space gnome whose dog just got kidnapped by mischievous aliens. Set out on a short expedition to rescue the pup, deal with curious strangers and relax to the soothing music by Tomáš "Floex" Dvořák.
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Phonopolis
Single-player alternative to Creaks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Creaks.
Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.