Single-player games like The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother, 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 2
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
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Edge of Reality
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
It seems that there can be no more boring profession in the world than a pawnshop appraiser. But a meeting with a mysterious but pretty stranger changes Dan's idea of his job.
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OverRead
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
Consume text at the speed of thought. OverRead is an experimental R.S.V.P. reading utility that eliminates eye fatigue by flashing words directly into your focal center. Import your own files, customize your optical link, and reach a literal reading flow state.
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A Lozenge
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
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The Hurt in Secret
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
“The Hurt in Secret” is a visual novel game adapted from true events. Players play a role as practice teacher to experience teachers’ life. They will involve in a troublesome case. In the story, the chosen dialogue will affect directly to the ending.
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Remembering/Not remembering Sin
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
Shunichi Sasaki, a young man who lost his past memories due to higher brain dysfunction, was criticized as a "murderer". Who was he really? Use memory notes to supplement his memories and explore his past.
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Sunflower Pie
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
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Forgetter
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
Forgetter is a destructive journey of pain, memory and artistry. In the future, creative minds can be inherited by clients’ newborns. You're hired to destroy unhealthy memories in the minds of deceased artists. Remember to smash everything. Don't let the artists’ remaining consciousness stop you.
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Replica
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
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Legal Dungeon
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
Legal Dungeon is a game about organizing Police Investigation Documents. The player must review and provide an Investigation Verdict on reports ranging from petty theft to murder, in eight different criminal cases. Weigh the value of people’s lives to unlock all the collectables.
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The Wake
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
Set sail on the dark waters of a forgotten archipelago. Catch mutated monsters with customizable gear, master eldritch magic, and fight for survival. Take up arms to fend off sea beasts in an unforgiving Lovecraftian world.
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No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
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Rabbit Hole 3D: Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
Rabbit Hole 3D: Steam Edition is a minimalistic retro puzzle game. The game features 3D word puzzles based on Chapter 1 of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Players must navigate through keywords from the book’s initial chapter.
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RETSNOM
Single-player alternative to The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
RETSNOM is an inventive pixel art puzzle platformer that allows player to break the map by mirroring sections of the level, and rearranging it on the fly to save a sick daughter.