Single-player games like Em-A-Li
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Em-A-Li, 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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Observation
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Em-A-Li.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Em-A-Li.
Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.
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CORPSE FACTORY
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Em-A-Li.
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Em-A-Li.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Em-A-Li.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Home
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Em-A-Li.
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Em-A-Li.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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Stories Untold
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Em-A-Li.
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
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Harvest Island
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Em-A-Li.
Discover your sinister purpose in this horror farming game. Your idyllic farm life can't be trusted. Keep up with the façade as you give your crops to the gods. Explore the ominous island and question everything. You must fake your blissful farming days. Your life depends on it.
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Em-A-Zurvival
Single-player alternative to Em-A-Li — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Em-A-Li.
The continuation of Em-A-Li in this zombie themed horror puzzle game. Escape from your apartment and survive the jump scares.