Single-player games like Scholar's Mate - First Move
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Scholar's Mate - First Move, 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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Room 817: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to one of the scariest old-school horror games. Here, you're not the predator, but the prey. Any mistake will cost you your life. Hide, solve puzzles, explore, and embrace the inevitable terror. The Ancient horror lurks, awaiting you. Based on true events.
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Wretch
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
Find the violent stalker hiding inside an abandoned school. Piece together broken lore and solve a long lost mystery. What happened here and who's to blame?
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Manipulate: Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
Are you ready for a fearful journey beyond your perceptions?
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Paradise's Secrets
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
After accepting the invitation from the Paradise company following the events we've experienced, nothing on our journey may turn out as we expect. You must be very careful to uncover all the mystery and reveal the truth. Learn everything and expose the true face of the Paradise company.
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HERADÔNIA Director's cut
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
REPENTANCE IS THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME THE EVILS OF YOUR CORRUPT HEART, THOSE YOU TRIED TO BURY.
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Fragmented Memories - Arc One
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
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Deepscape Inc
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
A 2 to 4 player co-op horror game. You wake up marked with an ID number you can't see on your own back. Only your fellow inmates can read it. Find each other, share your numbers, reach your validation rooms, and get out before whatever roams the halls finds you first.
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MeiQi 2023
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
This collection is the latest collection of the MeiQi Series, which will include the S09E06 and the 10thSeason.
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Farlands
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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 - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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 - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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 - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Free To Play with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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 - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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 - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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 - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
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
Single-player alternative to Scholar's Mate - First Move — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scholar's Mate - First Move.
Scholar's Mate is an immersive first-person horror Escape Room experience that puts you in the shoes of Judith, a young woman who wakes up in the gloomy facilities of a psychiatric hospital.