Single-player games like Synapse
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Synapse, 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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Pegasus: Broken Wings
Single-player alternative to Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synapse.
Follow a new set of events involving Pegasus-5 crew with them being stuck in a city under curfew after a terrorist attack and getting entangled in a massive conspiracy. Stick close to your allies, build romantic relations, and make important choices.
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VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Single-player alternative to Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synapse.
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
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Solace State: Emotional Cyberpunk Stories
Single-player alternative to Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synapse.
Can you retain your humanity while fighting against a corporate biotech conspiracy? Play as the young hacker Chloe who confronts political plots as she fights for her friends and her neighbors. Your choices in building up relationships and communities can revolutionize into hope or hostility.
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Nobody Wants to Die
Single-player alternative to Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Synapse.
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
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Song of Farca
Single-player alternative to Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synapse.
Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.
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Loretta
Single-player alternative to Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synapse.
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
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Primordia
Single-player alternative to Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synapse.
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
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Home
Single-player alternative to Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Synapse.
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.