Single-player games like Motherland
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Motherland, 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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35MM
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.
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DEATH STRANDING
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience. Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.
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Platform 8
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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We Happy Few
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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HORROR TALES: The Wine
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
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! Wild Russia !
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
«Wild Russia» is an open-world horror adventure game. Its action takes place in a striking provincial Russia, and any of your actions or inaction can lead to serious consequences.
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IDIOT
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
Utopian island. Calm and happy life. Food is synthesized from cartridges. The night comes at your will. And you don't care about life outside the island. You know exactly what is bad there - this is what the state said, and it is always right.
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Aquarelle
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
Aquarelle is a surreal adventure with parkour elements, where you have to find a way out of the virtual space into which its creator D-504 fell.
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Cat Go! Ultimate Challenge
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
Help a cute kitten to save Barsikgrad from unkind looter cats and restore peace in a cozy town.
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Ragdoll: Fall Simulator
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
In this game, you can launch your character anywhere, watching as his limbs dangle and hit all the obstacles.
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Underwater
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Motherland.
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
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Warehouse Simulator: Forklift Driver
Single-player alternative to Motherland — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Manage specialized equipment used in warehouses and become a professional in your field. And the well-developed mechanics of the movement of specialized warehouse equipment allows you to experience the sensations of working in a warehouse without leaving your computer.