Single-player games like The Samaritan Paradox
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Samaritan Paradox, 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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Black Mirror I
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
Black Mirror is a dark adventure game that details the aftermath of the tragic death of William Gordon. Playing as his grandson Samuel players must unveil the truth behind the events of that fateful, stormy night.
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Sinking Island
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
Walter Jones, a billionaire had planned on opening up a resort for the rich and famous, but was killed before his dream could be achieved. It's up to Detective Jack Norm to crack the case by interviewing the people on Sinking Island to get valuable clues. A game from Benoit Sokal.
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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
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Whispers of a Machine
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
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Shardlight
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
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Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.
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Blackwell Deception
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.
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Resonance
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
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Midnight Margo
Single-player alternative to The Samaritan Paradox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Samaritan Paradox.
A roleplaying adventure with a touch of absurdity