Single-player games like Commutator
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Commutator, 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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Please Duology
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
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Transient: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
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NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
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Homeostasis
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
The stars aren't quite right and there is no one left to ask why. Navigate a desolate snowscape in your lone vehicle, keep your systems running and discover the fate of the expedition that came before you in this short retro survival horror experience.
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Return the Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...
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EarWorm
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
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Ethel
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings.
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DREAM LOGIC
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Commutator.
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
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VENERA 31
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The orbital eyes are gone. You are the last operator watching Venus. Scan a hostile surface through a dying camera and verify what's growing down there — before the signal, and the truth, go dark for good.
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OKTOFYBER
Single-player alternative to Commutator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are the hive operator: one human routing 13 branches of robot forces through real kill chains — satellite spots, artillery suppresses, fiber-optic FPV finishes. Every screen shows only what its sensor can prove. Eight channels, thirteen branches. What you can't handle, you'll delegate. Forever.