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Single-player games like SIMULACRA 2

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to SIMULACRA 2, 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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    SIMULACRA 3 — Steam game cover

    SIMULACRA 3

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 2.

    The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, SIMULACRA.

    2022IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SIMULACRA — Steam game cover

    SIMULACRA

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 2.

    An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ghostpunk — Steam game cover

    Ghostpunk

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 2.

    Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SCP - The Sentient Box — Steam game cover

    SCP - The Sentient Box

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 2.

    Investigate the life of John Doe as he resides in his lost memories in this story-driven Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that merges Your Real Life with science fiction as it explores the Dark Limits of Alternate History and The SCP Foundation.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — Steam game cover

    The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SIMULACRA 2.

    The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.

    2020IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    How To Hack In? — Steam game cover

    How To Hack In?

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 2.

    A real-time hacking sandbox simulator with procedurally generated content. Multiple tools and techniques to use, multiple computers to hack, multiple missions to solve, and multiple vulnerabilities to exploit!

    2023IndieSimulationEarly Access12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    侦探,请守护我的秘密吧! — Steam game cover

    侦探,请守护我的秘密吧!

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 2.

    Step into Detective Kazuo Kurosawa’s role. Uncover mysteries involving eight enigmatic women. Choose to aid or save them. Features: • Hacker puzzles & QTE chases • Live-action cinematics • Anti-cliché thriller romance • 207-day polished script • Multi-timeline narrative

    2025IndieSimulationRPG8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CaseCracker — Steam game cover

    CaseCracker

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 2.

    In order to improve the efficiency of selecting talents, the Chicheng police specially developed a test system-the true detection system, with the black robe company. As a tester, you need to complete the cracking of the case under the rules of the system.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series — Steam game cover

    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time — Steam game cover

    Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time

    Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A new mysterious enemy threatens to tear apart the universe and only you can stop them! Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time lets players embark on an adventure through space and time. Travel across the universe, visit alien locations, pilot the TARDIS and solve the mystery of the controlling force behind the Reality Virus.

    2019Adventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →