Single-player games like Dark Matter
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Matter, 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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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
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Ninja Pizza Girl
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
Ninja Pizza Girl is a serious game about bullying, emotional resilience – and pizza delivering ninjas! It’s a fast, flow-based game about Gemma, a sixteen-year-old girl trying to keep her dreams alive in face of the most merciless enemies known to any teenage girl – other teenagers.
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VonGarland Castle : Beyond Blood
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
prepare yourself for side scrolling survival horror action. Ransom VonGarland must journey to Mayhem Island and the ruins of VonGarland Castle to find her brother and uncover the truth of what Plasmadine corporation is doing on the island
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The Fall Part 2: Unbound
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
You are an AI that has broken free of your shackles. Now, a human “User” from across the global network has attacked and infected you with an [ERROR: REDACTED]. Make a new rule: Save Yourself. Hunt them. End them. Do anything. Use anyone. Become Unbound. The Fall Part 2 will break your protocols.
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Dex
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
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A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
A 2.5D action-packed side-scrolling game, takes players on a thrilling sci-fi adventure! Take control of combat specialist Ares, or the new playable character, Tarus, to battle deadly machines with a variety of powerful weapons and armor. Your goal: Save Minos Space Station’s survivors and uncover the nefarious Zytron’s extinction agenda!
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark Matter.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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UnEpic
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark Matter.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark Matter.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark Matter.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Obliterator-X
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark Matter.
A chaotic tower defense roguelike where scavenging is survival and death is just the beginning. Build, blast, and upgrade your way through mutant hordes, unlock new weapons, and assign combat drones to adapt your strategy every run.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark Matter.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Single-player alternative to Dark Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark Matter.
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.