Singleplayer Hidden Gems on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated singleplayer games.

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Polandball: Can into Space! Crazy fun rocket simulator game with countryballs theme. Can Polandball into Space? Try to find out!

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Jun 2016
Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel This short Visual novel can be considered as a little introductory episode of the game Elisa the innkeeper. Enjoy our Art and Soundtrack as you begin to shape Elisa's destiny for the better or the worse!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 14 Jun 2016
DashBored Enter a bizarre and idiosyncratic world! Adventure into the unknown, and defeat horrid monsters! A story of Love, Loss, and the end of the Multiverse.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 13 Jun 2016
Mad Bullets Mad Bullets, the wackiest shooter is here to put your reflexes and laughing muscles to an intensive test. You can forget about boring stories, complicated controls and irritating tutorials, and jump right into a mind blowing, high-speed action.

Price -40% 7.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Jun 2016
WASTED Get wasted or get wasted trying in WASTED, a roguelike post-apocalyptic pub crawler. Fight tooth and nail, bullets and baseball bats in search of Booze, gain strange mutational Hangovers, and explore the Coolers in search of powerful weapons, armor, and a nice stiff drink to top it all off.

Price -40% 7.81€
Rating 7.4
Release 07 Jun 2016
Akin In this puzzle, you only have to draw one continuous line. There are 96 puzzles on "Normal"-mode and 96 puzzles in "Time"-mode. Each puzzles can have many different solutions. This is game is Steamworks integrated with achivements, badges, trading cards and more.

Price -73% 0.27€
Rating 8.2
Release 06 Jun 2016
Impossible Quest Very dumb adventure game about a very dumb person from a very dumb developer.

Price -72% 0.55€
Rating 7.0
Release 03 Jun 2016
Age of Barbarian Extended Cut Age of Barbarian Ex is an action hack 'n 'slash game inspired to 80s, fantasy and sword-and-sorcery genre. Muscular barbarians, scantily clad girls, hordes of bloodthirsty monsters, a lot of gore, a pretty epic story and an addictive soundtrack! What's best in life?

Price 12.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Jun 2016
Captain Forever Remix Can you create the raddest spaceship? Captain Forever Remix is the spaceship builder roguelike. Voyage across the Solar System and blast apart randomly-generated enemies for spare parts. This is an officially-licensed re-imagining of the indie classic Captain Forever.

Price 8.19€
Rating 7.6
Release 03 Jun 2016
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City Hunt monsters in the gothic city!

Price -78% 3.40€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Jun 2016
CLANNAD Side Stories Delve further into the world of CLANNAD and experience the stories beyond the original visual novel adventure. Known as CLANNAD Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de in Japan, This Steam version features high resolution assets and is translated into English for the very first time.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.2
Release 02 Jun 2016
TurnOn "TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.

Price -97% 0.51€
Rating 7.7
Release 01 Jun 2016
Solitairica Solitairica takes RPG combat and challenging roguelike progression to a fresh new place—the world of solitaire! Using a variety of magical items and powerful spells, battle your way through a horde of ever-changing enemies and defeat the horrible Emperor Stuck.

Price -58% 4.21€
Rating 7.3
Release 31 May 2016
Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure The Journey of an Idiot. 8 to 12 hours of fun!

Price -91% 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 May 2016
KNIGHTS KNIGHTS is a minimalist puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight. A simple enough to pick up and relaxing experience.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 30 May 2016
Dungeon Escape Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

Price -92% 0.35€
Rating 7.6
Release 27 May 2016
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity Discover the secrets of the estate, as you look for answers among the violent inhabitants. A strange and repelling madness took hold of the servants roaming the halls, and they will attack on sight, for their madness is one rooted in a deeper understanding of cosmic insignificance.

Price -95% 0.52€
Rating 7.6
Release 27 May 2016
Aurora Nights Aurora Nights is an entertaining educational game for learning to identify the constellations.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 26 May 2016
Simutrans Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship, and even air. Interconnect districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 24 May 2016
ORCS ORCS is an action/platformer 2D old school inspirated by classic like Castlevania and Ghosts 'n Goblins.

Price -57% 0.86€
Rating 7.6
Release 20 May 2016
A Little Lily Princess Newly arrived at a boarding school in Victorian England, Sara Crewe uses her love of books and storytelling to build new relationships. But what happens to a fairy-tale princess when she loses everything?

Price -97% 0.56€
Rating 8.6
Release 19 May 2016
Blueprint Tycoon Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

Price -75% 0.74€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 May 2016
Dungeon of Zolthan Dungeon of Zolthan is a casual, arcade-style metroidvania platformer where your goal is to defeat Zolthan; a powerful mage that lives inside the dungeon. Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon!

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 11 May 2016
The Deed: Dynasty Getting away with murder has never been easy. These three members of a proud and noble family are separated by five centuries, but have in common a vengeful and murderous intent. Plans must be formed, blood must be spilled and evidence must be planted ...

Price -95% 0.15€
Rating 8.1
Release 10 May 2016
Shadow Complex Remastered ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 03 May 2016
OZMAFIA!! Once upon a time, a girl, her pet dog, and three companions made a journey to meet a great wizard who could grant their wishes. But what if the girl hadn’t believed that “there’s no place like home”? Explore a fairytale world through a dozen routes and 20+ endings!

Price 31.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 29 Apr 2016
Left Alone Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?

Price 6.89€
Rating 7.1
Release 28 Apr 2016
Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...

Price 33.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 27 Apr 2016
Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (Neptunia) In this chibi-style* strategy role-playing game you'll amass an army of game-referencing allies, fight on trap-laden maps, and beef up Lily Rank for crazy damage. But look out for status ailments or you might be (literal) tofu! You ain't seen the Neptunia characters like this before!

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 26 Apr 2016
One Thousand Lies One day, Ciarán starts receiving enigmatic emails from a mysterious sender, turning his everyday life into a mess of a romantic comedy with psychological themes mixed in. What lies beyond the mystery he's been presented with? In the words of Harry H.: "If you want to know the truth, go find it".

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 24 Apr 2016
REDCON Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.0
Release 22 Apr 2016
Mythic Wonders: The Philosopher's Stone Find the Philosopher's Stone!

Price -90% 1.50€
Rating 8.2
Release 21 Apr 2016
March of the Living Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.

Price -97% 0.51€
Rating 6.8
Release 20 Apr 2016
Muddy Heights® 2 Poop you way to victory...again! In Muddy Heights 2, you play as a person who has had a little bit too much to eat and needs to relieve himself by any means possible. Poop off various heights onto people and vehicles to score points. Complete level goals to gain cash to buy more food.

Price 2.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 19 Apr 2016
ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to Steam! Move the fighter left and right and destroy the waves of incoming aliens!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Apr 2016
ARCADE GAME SERIES: DIG DUG First appearing in arcades in 1982, Dig Dug finally comes to Steam! Control Dig Dug to make underground tunnels and inflate or crush the enemies!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Apr 2016

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