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Single-player games like Beholder 3

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Beholder 3, 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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    Beholder 2 — Steam game cover

    Beholder 2

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.

    You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beholder — Steam game cover

    Beholder

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.

    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?

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mayor Quake — Steam game cover

    Mayor Quake

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.

    You're the new mayor of a dystopian city on the brink of a devastating earthquake. Review building records, make urban transformation decisions, and maintain public support despite political pressure. Manage the economy and make critical choices. Can you prepare your city before disaster strikes?

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project HN — Steam game cover

    Project HN

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.

    An administrative office in a fantasy world. Review documents from humans, elves, orcs, and beastfolk to uphold the republic's order. Follow the rules, or overlook suspicious files for personal gain? Every choice is yours. Heroines await after work. Your decisions shape the republic's future.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine — Steam game cover

    Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.

    President or Patriarch? In this deep simulation, national survival and family interests clash. Twist laws and deploy kin to seize control. Will you sacrifice the republic for your dynasty, or betray your blood for the state? Power isn't about saving the world; it's about deciding who owns it.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Do Not Feed the Monkeys — Steam game cover

    Do Not Feed the Monkeys

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.

    A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Electioneering — Steam game cover

    Electioneering

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.

    You are at the nexus of the events of 2020; you will hire agents, run political ads, research topics, use hacking, and more in this turn-based political strategy game. In Electioneering, your goal is to ensure your candidate becomes the next President of the United States.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ministry of Truth: 1964 — Steam game cover

    Ministry of Truth: 1964

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.

    MINISTRY OF TRUTH: 1984 is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. Big Brother is watching you! This game is inspired by George Orwell’s classic novel.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    This War of Mine — Steam game cover

    This War of Mine

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.

    In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

    2014IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Through the Darkest of Times — Steam game cover

    Through the Darkest of Times

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.

    Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Darkest Files — Steam game cover

    The Darkest Files

    Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.

    Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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