Single-player games like The mystery of the planet venus
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The mystery of the planet venus, 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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Interregnum Chronicles: Signal
Single-player alternative to The mystery of the planet venus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The mystery of the planet venus.
Mysterious signal with an unknown purpose reaches Earth. Inside a space station, a lone Operator and the onboard AI are tasked with analyzing the signal, but the process itself seems to have an unexpected effect on them. This is an INCREMENTAL game with a heavy emphasis on story.
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Area 19
Single-player alternative to The mystery of the planet venus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The mystery of the planet venus.
A First Person Sci Fi Horror Game. Set within a confidential Underground Facility, Navigate through this Abandoned Complex, Discover Government Experiments, Alien Beings, and the haunting aftermath of the Roswell Crash.
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Just Anomalies
Single-player alternative to The mystery of the planet venus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The mystery of the planet venus.
A slow-burning psychological horror where the fear comes not from monsters, but from the unknown. Each step leads you back to the same room—familiar, yet subtly wrong. The silence weighs heavy, the air feels off, and the deeper you stare, the stronger the sense that something is staring back.
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Dire Echo
Single-player alternative to The mystery of the planet venus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The mystery of the planet venus.
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
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Alien History
Single-player alternative to The mystery of the planet venus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The mystery of the planet venus.
A knowledge discovery game inspired by ancient astronaut theories. Travel across nine world regions, consult expert informants, and piece together evidence of non-human intelligence hidden in ancient civilizations. Every discovery brings you closer to the truth.
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The Dark Side of the Moon: An Interactive FMV Thriller
Single-player alternative to The mystery of the planet venus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The mystery of the planet venus.
When his 2 young children vanish mysteriously throughout the night, it's up to single-dad Dean Hamilton to do what any good dad would do: Go to the end of the universe and bring them back home in this thrilling FMV/Interactive Movie.
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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to The mystery of the planet venus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The mystery of the planet venus.
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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Fort Solis
Single-player alternative to The mystery of the planet venus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The mystery of the planet venus.
Answer the call from a mining base on Mars as engineer Jack Leary and search for the missing crew. Fort Solis will immerse you with cinematic visuals powered by UE 5 and voice acting of Roger Clark and Troy Baker. Explore the mining complex and reach climax of this narrative thriller experience.