Single-player games like Scholar's Mate
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Scholar's Mate, 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 Transference
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Escape from your own house, in which you have been locked up. But be careful, you will not be alone in your captivity. Immerse yourself in this first-person horror adventure, full of family secrets and betrayals. And find out who and why they locked you up.
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CLeM
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
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SLACKJAW
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
As the latest prey of a deranged serial killer, you must use your wits and resources to survive in this atmospheric first-person escape room-style horror game. Explore, uncover secrets, and plan your escape... but be quiet, or you'll be his next victim. Inspired by true events.
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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
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Decay: The Mare
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
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Platform 8
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
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The Tartarus Key
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.
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Perception
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.
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Farlands
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
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Evil Inside
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
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Caveman Warriors
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Jump back in time and free your inner caveman. Smash heads in this local cooperative platformer game. Play solo or team up with up to 4 players. Inspired by games like New Super Mario, Joe & Mac, Metal Slug and Trine.
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Piwall
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scholar's Mate.
Play a neon pinball machine in the arcade room and take a look at the released and upcoming JanduSoft games.
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Indiecalypse
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Experience the REAL LIFE OF AN INDIE GAME DEVELOPER through one of the 3 characters of the game. An artist, a programmer or a Musician. Discover how each of the characters' personalities degenerates THROUGH DARK HUMOR MINI-GAMES. Because making videogames is not easy.
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Mystic Fate
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Help young Aris to solve the mystery of the fall of Asfand and It’s guild of alchemists, avenge the death of her brother, discover the limits of her powers all of that and more inside a 3D voxel action adventure game where you control weapons made of metal.
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Evil Inside - Prologue
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.
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Scholar's Mate - First Move
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate.
Scholar's Mate First Move is a first-person horror experience in a psychiatric hospital. Use your wits to escape from this sinister place.