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Single-player games like Mato Anomalies

Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Mato Anomalies, 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 Scarlet Chaos — Steam game cover

    The Scarlet Chaos

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Detective Haerrison and his partner investigate a case involving a supernatural killer and a haunting entity called The Hat Man. The Scarlet Chaos is a semi-open world detective RPG with Lovecraftian mysteries to be explored.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Eternal Anima — Steam game cover

    Eternal Anima

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Embark on an adventure across eras in this love letter to JRPGs. Journey between the past and present to uncover the truth behind a lost history. Control your fate in turn-based combat by using Future Sight to foresee enemy actions and strategically rewrite the future.

    2027RPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elohim Eternal: The Babel Code — Steam game cover

    Elohim Eternal: The Babel Code

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Explore a vibrant world where ancient religions fuse with technology in this character-driven JRPG. Master deep turn-based combat as you battle with divine magic against beasts with mecha parts. Embark on a grand adventure to retrieve the sacred Babel code needed to face your Gods.

    2023RPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Persona 4 Golden — Steam game cover

    Persona 4 Golden

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.

    2020RPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Second Odium — Steam game cover

    Second Odium

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Seek purpose while managing a plethora of various afflictions and personality traits in hopes to survive an endless barrage of nightmarish threats that continuously seek to consume your mind.

    2025RPGEarly Access6.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Villion:Code — Steam game cover

    Villion:Code

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Cozy Okada presents a brand-new action RPG set in the near future where humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. Genome editing has ushered in a new age—but is there any hope for the future?

    ActionAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S E V E R A N C E — Steam game cover

    S E V E R A N C E

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Years after the Overflow, a catastrophe that plunged the city of Sci-Two into a decaying metropolis, a wayward smuggler stumbles into a plot surrounding the miracle drug Halcyon, veteran soldiers, and the corporation out to eradicate anyone too close to the truth, in a classic JRPG experience.

    2022RPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    UNBIASED — Steam game cover

    UNBIASED

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?

    2027SimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Persona 5 Royal — Steam game cover

    Persona 5 Royal

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!

    2022RPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadowrun Chronicles - Boston Lockdown — Steam game cover

    Shadowrun Chronicles - Boston Lockdown

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Lead your team of Runners to survive a corrupt megacorporation’s intrigue threatening thousands of lives in this new action-strategy game set in the most popular cyberpunk universe of all times – Shadowrun.

    2015StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hermitage: Strange Case Files — Steam game cover

    Hermitage: Strange Case Files

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadowrun Returns — Steam game cover

    Shadowrun Returns

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.

    2022Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fate/EXTRA Record — Steam game cover

    Fate/EXTRA Record

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    Fate/EXTRA Record is the chronicle of a war fought by modern magi who stake their existence on the bonds they form and the wishes they hold. This emotional story unfolds with a sleek, reimagined art style and a new strategic battle system. The first true RPG in the Fate series is reborn!

    2027ActionRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gravity run — Steam game cover

    Gravity run

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Run to the finish line across planets and space objects

    2021ActionIndieSimulation199.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files — Steam game cover

    寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    都市的夜晚并不安宁。浮华背后,暗潮在阴影中涌动。旧书店『Hermitage』的店主不幸被卷入了种种神秘事件。越是接近答案,他见到的真相却愈发诡异。疑云之下,一切都指向了“那些”超越常理的——危机渐渐逼近,在谣言与谎言间劈开道路,追寻自己的“结局”吧!

    2018Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beats Fever — Steam game cover

    Beats Fever

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Beats Fever is a VR rhythm game set in stylish and charming world stages, where players enjoy cool music and catch incoming notes.

    2017ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mato Fragments — Steam game cover

    Mato Fragments

    Single-player alternative to Mato Anomalies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mato Anomalies.

    You are a photo shop owner moonlighting as an informant in the vibrant, but dangerous streets of Neo City. After harboring a strange fugitive, your skills as an informant are put to the test, as the fate of the entire city rests in your hands.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →