Single-player games like Mind Scanners
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Mind Scanners, 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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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mind Scanners.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Mind Scanners.
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
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Beholder
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Mind Scanners.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Mind Scanners.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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SYMMETRY
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Mind Scanners.
A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?
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Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mind Scanners.
Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Mind Scanners.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
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Not Tonight
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Mind Scanners.
Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.
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Death Howl
Single-player alternative to Mind Scanners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Mind Scanners.
Master the grid, defy death. Enter a grim Spirit Realm in this open-world deck builder. Craft lethal decks from 160+ cards, claim powerful Totems, and defeat foes in tactical grid combat. Fight as the desperate hunter Ro to bring her son back from beyond the veil.