Single-player games like Brukel
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Brukel, 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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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to Brukel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Brukel.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
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Home is Where One Starts...
Single-player alternative to Brukel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Brukel.
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
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The Town of Light
Single-player alternative to Brukel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Brukel.
12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.
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Ghost on the Shore
Single-player alternative to Brukel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
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Bright Lights of Svetlov
Single-player alternative to Brukel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Brukel.
Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Single-player alternative to Brukel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Brukel.
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
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Svoboda 1945: Liberation
Single-player alternative to Brukel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Brukel.
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
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Gerda: A Flame in Winter
Single-player alternative to Brukel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Brukel.
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?