Single-player games like Matchstick: Cosmic Flame
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame, 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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DERELIKT
Single-player alternative to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Matchstick: Cosmic Flame.
DERELIKT is a narrative retro FPS built for fans of claustrophobic PS1-era sci-fi horror.
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Netherwake
Single-player alternative to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Matchstick: Cosmic Flame.
Experience a nerve-racking adventure as a thick, dark fog begins to roll into the small town from the surrounding forests, and with it come ancient, cosmic beings from outside our reality. Try to survive and pray that you will one day see the sunlight again.
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Cthulhu: Death Escape / 克苏鲁:死亡逃脱 Prototype
Single-player alternative to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Matchstick: Cosmic Flame.
Trapped in an eerie dungeon, you must solve puzzles and evade lurking horrors to find the only chance of survival. Every step could lead you to freedom...or to your demise...
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INURE
Single-player alternative to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Matchstick: Cosmic Flame.
Wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Explore a hostile Dreamscape, manage scarce resources, and use whatever weapons you can find to survive a world shaped by cosmic dread.
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KOOK
Single-player alternative to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Matchstick: Cosmic Flame.
A fast-paced, Quake-like retro FPS in a Victorian era steampunk setting with Lovecraftian monsters, distorted time and gravity, and crazy weapons.
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Mother Hub
Single-player alternative to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Matchstick: Cosmic Flame.
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
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Outsider: After Life
Single-player alternative to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Matchstick: Cosmic Flame.
Outsider: After Life is a nostalgic puzzle adventure that takes you on a galactic journey with HUD-ini, an android who may be the only one who can prevent the end of the universe.
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CTRLSINK
Single-player alternative to Matchstick: Cosmic Flame — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Matchstick: Cosmic Flame.
A submerged post-apocalyptic retro-style FPS set in a world swallowed by the ocean after a human/AI war. Blast through flooded facilities, battle corrupted machines, explore radioactive ruins, and uncover the last buried secrets of humanity’s collapse.