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Single-player games like Mata's Demise

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mata's Demise, 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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    Rumia in the darkness — Steam game cover

    Rumia in the darkness

    Single-player alternative to Mata's Demise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mata's Demise.

    Rumia, the youkai of darkness, will infiltrate the human village and kill an evil merchant. This man attempts to change all youkai's old names. As a result, youkais will lose their ancient power. Rumia must stop this horrible plan ASAP! She can eat humans for getting new skills.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NUN: THE FIRST SIN — Steam game cover

    NUN: THE FIRST SIN

    Single-player alternative to Mata's Demise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata's Demise.

    The Nun haunts you, In an intense first-person survival horror game, --- Use stealth, evasion, and your faith to survive.

    AdventureEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nanny — Steam game cover

    Nanny

    Single-player alternative to Mata's Demise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mata's Demise.

    Evil nanny has you locked in her house, but you've discovered a way to break free from her. You have just 7 days to do that.

    2021Indie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sense of Darkness — Steam game cover

    Sense of Darkness

    Single-player alternative to Mata's Demise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mata's Demise.

    Where am I? Is it a dream? The afterlife? Or just a hallucination? You have a rare chance to experience awakening in this adventure VR game. Are you ready to step into the darkness and discover what lies beyond the veil?

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KAMLA — Steam game cover

    KAMLA

    Single-player alternative to Mata's Demise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mata's Demise.

    Find a way out of an old mansion as a priest, you have been tasked to exorcise a woman who has been possessed. Solve puzzles and complete objectives to cure her demonic possession in this SURVIVAL HORROR experience.

    2024ActionAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night Grove — Steam game cover

    Night Grove

    Single-player alternative to Mata's Demise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mata's Demise.

    This is a first-person indie horror game. A young deliveryman took an unusual order that led him to Night Grove. This place has a dubious reputation among the townspeople, because for many years it has been sent to live with people that society has long since abandoned.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    This is the Zodiac Speaking — Steam game cover

    This is the Zodiac Speaking

    Single-player alternative to Mata's Demise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mata's Demise.

    Story-driven FPP mystery thriller-horror with stealth and detective modes based on facts from the world-famous story of Zodiac, a never-captured American serial killer.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency — Steam game cover

    Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency

    Single-player alternative to Mata's Demise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mata's Demise.

    Built from the ground-up for Virtual Reality, Budget Cuts 2 is an action-adventure stealth game where you zip, sneak, and stab your way through enemy-filled offices, trains, warehouses, and skyscrapers to take down the evil efficiency robots at TransCorp.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →