Single-player games like Mental Break
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mental Break, 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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Melancholy Lake - Camocipher12 Shorts
Single-player alternative to Mental Break — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mental Break.
A surreal, abstract kinetic visual novel in which two girls go on a date in the middle of a broken world, using down-to-earth intimacy to survive the deteriorating nature and reality surrounding them.
- 2
Bobok
Single-player alternative to Mental Break — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mental Break.
Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".
- 3
Isekaing: from zero to zero.
Single-player alternative to Mental Break — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mental Break.
Zoe is hit by Truck-kun and respawns in a retro game, where she must face dangers in the form of clichés, meaningless choices, a plot that has more holes than Swiss cheese, and other plagues of modern gaming. Also, every notable person is trying to sing her a song! Will she endure such torment?
- 4
Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
Single-player alternative to Mental Break — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mental Break.
Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.
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WTF Is Wrong With You?
Single-player alternative to Mental Break — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Mental Break.
Have you ever wondered WTF Is Wrong With You? Well, so have we... Let's find out together, shall we?
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QUIET DAN
Single-player alternative to Mental Break — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mental Break.
His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.
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Kraken Academy!!
Single-player alternative to Mental Break — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mental Break.
Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!
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Kindergarten 3
Single-player alternative to Mental Break — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mental Break.
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.