Single-player games like Mayor Quake
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mayor Quake, 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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Beholder 2
Single-player alternative to Mayor Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mayor Quake.
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
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Organs Please
Single-player alternative to Mayor Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mayor Quake.
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
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Headliner: NoviNews
Single-player alternative to Mayor Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mayor Quake.
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
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Suzerain
Single-player alternative to Mayor Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mayor Quake.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Single-player alternative to Mayor Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mayor Quake.
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
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Not For Broadcast
Single-player alternative to Mayor Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mayor Quake.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
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Beholder
Single-player alternative to Mayor Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mayor Quake.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
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HEADLINER
Single-player alternative to Mayor Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mayor Quake.
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.