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Single-player games like Mercury Elopement Syndrome

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Mercury Elopement Syndrome, 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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    How to #### a Man — Steam game cover

    How to #### a Man

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Axelle spends most of her life inside her room : watching anime, scrolling on forums online and playing video games. She desperately wants a boyfriend. You are her conscience, help her attain that goal.

    IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DERE. Some Answers Before I... — Steam game cover

    DERE. Some Answers Before I...

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Come back, for no one is waiting for you. Search for your memories - no one ever knew you. Destroy everything in your path - all around you are nothing but ruins. End the endless cycle, for it has long since closed in on itself.

    2023IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Falling Ever — Steam game cover

    Falling Ever

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Hundreds of years later, humans and Heflites coexist on a hidden planet near Earth. Finding a mate is the goal, but will something like that really help her break free from the deep darkness she experienced as a child? "...This feeling...is not an obsession..."

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    This Is Not Your House — Steam game cover

    This Is Not Your House

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

    2024IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    品玉庵异谈   PinYuAn Tales — Steam game cover

    品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    See You Later — Steam game cover

    See You Later

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    There are so many things I want to do with the rest of my life. Like dreaming with you, laze around with you, look at the moon, eat rice with you, go on the biggest wedding trip to Antarctica, and most importantly - say goodbye to you.

    2023IndieRPGCasual0.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stiff Neck — Steam game cover

    Stiff Neck

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.

    2026IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Coralina — Steam game cover

    Coralina

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    A RETRO RPG about lost MEMORIES in the LIMBO! Coralina needs to solve cases, alongside a Crow with a tophat.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sunset Routes — Steam game cover

    Sunset Routes

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Sunset Routes is an easy and intriguing roguelite game. You can choose your crew, put them in the cabins, select your destination, and set sail. Through a series of choices, you can earn profits during the emergency period of the New World and even decide its fate—unintentionally or on purpose.

    2022StrategyIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flashback — Steam game cover

    Flashback

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Flashback is a strategy game oriented to your choices. You will play the role of a deliveryman and live in a turbulent city for a month. You will meet various characters and experience events, and those characters' fates will cross and they will usher in their own futures based on your choices.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    White Night Dream — Steam game cover

    White Night Dream

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    White Night Dream is a card-based strategy rogue-lite game where a girl chases after a runaway cat on the streets at midnight. The game cleverly simulates the short yet long night through a simple card-flipping gameplay and a variety of interesting build combinations.

    2023Indie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Love, Internet, and Murder Magic — Steam game cover

    Love, Internet, and Murder Magic

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.

    2025Indie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mareld — Steam game cover

    Mareld

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Mareld is a card-driven Roguelike role-playing game where you play as a traveler lost in the Lost Forest. You will recruit companions, collect resources, craft items, explore the world, defeat enemies, find your way back home, or uncover the secrets of this extraordinary world.

    2024Indie6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sun Halo — Steam game cover

    Sun Halo

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Sun Halo is a real-time combat game blending roguelike progression with strategic deck-building. Recruit and develop a roster of distinctive characters, build your own unique deck, and adapt your tactics on the battlefield. Uncover the world’s unfolding story, all the way to its final chapter.

    2025Indie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Balorizon — Steam game cover

    Balorizon

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Tianping Line is a strategy RPG that blends event choices, character recruitment and growth, and auto-battles. Rule a fledgling nation, make decisions in domestic affairs and diplomacy, recruit unique characters, build your forces, expand your power, face crises, and shape the nation’s fate.

    2026Indie6.29 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Afternoon Frontline — Steam game cover

    Afternoon Frontline

    Single-player alternative to Mercury Elopement Syndrome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

    Afternoon Frontline is a free tower defense game with light roguelite elements. Make random choices, strengthen your characters, refine your team, and put together builds suited to each situation as you hold the line against incoming waves.

    2026IndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →