Single-player games like SIMULACRA 3
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to SIMULACRA 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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SIMULACRA 2
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
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Case Files: Behind Closed Doors
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
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Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
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Unknown Number: A First Person Talker
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
An innovative voice-controlled adventure game, played through a series of interactive 'phone calls'. Join the heist and save the world... using nothing but your voice. Will you answer the call? *WARNING: THIS GAME CONTAINS FLASHING LIGHTS*
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Ghostpunk
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.
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Lift: The Last Days of The Westwind
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
An interactive VR narrative adventure in which you operate a fully interactive elevator, meet fascinating characters, and make decisions that change their lives, and the fate of the hotel forever.
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The Spectre Files: Deathstalker
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.
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VSCS-II
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
VSCS-II is a retro-styled narrative game about privacy and security. Using an upgraded '80s operating system, navigate an underground network to make connections, unearth conspiracies, and ultimately decide the fate of the dark web.
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SIMULACRA
Single-player alternative to SIMULACRA 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SIMULACRA 3.
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.