Crafting a memorable single-player experience isn’t easy. It’s tough enough to create a fun gameplay loop that will keep players busy for however long they want. Adding characters, a unique aesthetic with sharp visuals, an exceptional soundtrack, and a compelling story to tie it all together can seem impossible. Yet these 30 games did just that while cementing their names in history. Check out our picks for the 30 best single-player games of all time.
Inside
Combining atmospheric story-telling with clever puzzles, a stark aesthetic, and impeccable pacing, Playdead’s Inside presented one of the best side-scrolling adventure titles of all time. It’s saying something when a title of this caliber launched more than eight years ago, and nothing else in the genre has come close to matching up.
