Single-player games like Mata Hari
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Mata Hari, 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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The Last Express Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata Hari.
Step aboard the 1914 Orient Express in this award-winning mystery adventure from Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner. Described as one of the best adventure games of all time, The Last Express is an intrigue-filled adventure set aboard the luxurious Orient Express.
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Within Whispers: The Fall
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata Hari.
Dive into the character of a young woman dealing with her brother's disappearance on the battleground. Trapped in the horrors of war, she can see and communicate with ghosts of dead soldiers. While struggling with this unusual 'gift', there is one ghost she is hoping not to meet.
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Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata Hari.
Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.
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Because We're Here ~Mohnblume und Blauerose~ Act I
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata Hari.
Stagger through the First Lassallian War and find love amongst doomed youth. Because We're Here is an otome visual novel in an unforgiving WW1-inspired setting. Nothing to worry about - it'll all be over by Christmas.
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Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata Hari.
The Spiritual. The Supernatural. The Skeptical. All are touched upon in Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy. The player is immortalized as a profiler of sorts in this treasure hunt game - a brilliantly vivid historical rendition of the acclaimed quatrains of Nostradamus.
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Raid on Taihoku
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata Hari.
Raid On Taihoku is an adventure game with the backdrop of WW2 Taiwan. By controlling the characters pass through different danger and safe zones, you will experience the struggles of human nature and cruelty of war.
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江华号
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata Hari.
《江华号》是一款国风水墨横版卷轴叙事游戏。1928年,武汉的大街小巷流传着一则“头七夜死者还魂”的诡异消息,引发各界关注。《楚城时报》新人记者虞慧龄奉命前去采访,却误打误撞,被种种谜团指引着登上了一艘名为“江华号”的豪华客轮。在那里,一段不为人知的隐秘往事渐渐浮出水面……
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The Procession to Calvary
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata Hari.
Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.
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The Guild II
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!
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The Guild Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.
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The Guild II - Pirates of the European Seas
Single-player alternative to Mata Hari — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The first true life simulation series set in the fascinating medieval Europe! The Addon expands and transforms the game into an even greater experience by adding a huge area including the cities of "The Hanse" located at the shores of the European seas.