Single-player games like SOMA
Below are 17 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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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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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror 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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Scorn
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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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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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SOMA.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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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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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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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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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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BioShock™
Single-player alternative to SOMA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SOMA.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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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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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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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.