Single-player games like Protocol 86: Chernobyl
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Protocol 86: Chernobyl, 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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s.p.l.i.t
Single-player alternative to Protocol 86: Chernobyl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Protocol 86: Chernobyl.
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
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exorSYS
Single-player alternative to Protocol 86: Chernobyl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Protocol 86: Chernobyl.
After upgrading to a new Operating System, uncover the mystery behind this cursed piece of software. Keen eyed users must take a careful note of their surroundings if they want to survive.
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Finish Report
Single-player alternative to Protocol 86: Chernobyl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol 86: Chernobyl.
Finish Report is a short science fiction horror game. All communications have been lost to a space station far in deep space. You as a one-man investigation unit has been sent to find out why did the station go silent.
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BACKUP_71
Single-player alternative to Protocol 86: Chernobyl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol 86: Chernobyl.
A psychological horror investigation and survival game where you explore a house full of secrets, faces the living unkow, solve puzzles, use a fully interactive retro computer, and uncover a decades-old conspiracy.
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False Echo
Single-player alternative to Protocol 86: Chernobyl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol 86: Chernobyl.
False Echo is a narrative cryptography thriller set in the darkest depths of the Atlantic, aboard a secret military submarine. Operate the Obscura machine, decode messages, and decide what gets through in a regime where even the smallest mistake means a huge death toll.
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Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
Single-player alternative to Protocol 86: Chernobyl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Protocol 86: Chernobyl.
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
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Crisis in the Kremlin
Single-player alternative to Protocol 86: Chernobyl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Protocol 86: Chernobyl.
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
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Precipice
Single-player alternative to Protocol 86: Chernobyl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Protocol 86: Chernobyl.
A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.