Single-player games like SOMA
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to SOMA, 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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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SOMA.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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SIGNALIS
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
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Mouthwashing
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SOMA.
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SOMA.
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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Observation
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SOMA.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SOMA.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with SOMA.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with SOMA.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SOMA.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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BioShock™ Remastered
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SOMA.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.
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Cyberpunk 2077
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
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Tacoma
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SOMA.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
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Amnesia: The Bunker
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
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Amnesia: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SOMA.
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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Penumbra: Requiem
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SOMA.
Puzzle expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague. Requiem is part of Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition, included in the Penumbra Collection.