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Single-player games like Project Syria

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Project Syria, 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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    One Dark Night — Steam game cover

    One Dark Night

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Syria.

    Produced exclusively from real recordings of 911 calls, witness trial testimony, and architectural drawings. One Dark Night tells the story of the day teenager Travyon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.

    2016IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trump Simulator VR — Steam game cover

    Trump Simulator VR

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Project Syria.

    Help Donald get ready for his big day. The weight of the world rests in his tiny little hands.

    2016SimulationCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The American Dream — Steam game cover

    The American Dream

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Project Syria.

    Look down the barrel of a future where all your everyday needs are solved with guns.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    theBlu — Steam game cover

    theBlu

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Syria.

    Experience the wonder and majesty of the ocean through a series of habitats and come face to face with some of the most awe inspiring species on the planet.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Chair in a Room : Greenwater — Steam game cover

    A Chair in a Room : Greenwater

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Syria.

    Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater Institute, known only as Patient No.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Richie's Plank Experience — Steam game cover

    Richie's Plank Experience

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Syria.

    You're on a plank, 80 stories high. Knees shaky, palms sweaty. You have a choice. Do you walk or do you freeze? Richie's Plank is the only VR experience that lets you clone any real-world plank into the virtual world for 2X the immersion.

    2017IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Accounting+ — Steam game cover

    Accounting+

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Syria.

    Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gal*Gun VR — Steam game cover

    Gal*Gun VR

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Syria.

    Put the VR headset on and enter a world where you are the most popular guy around! Dreams do come true! The legendary arcade-shooting game "Gal*Gun" is here in VR!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kiya — Steam game cover

    Kiya

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Syria.

    Kiya is a five minute virtual reality piece telling the story of two sisters valiant but unsuccessful efforts to try to rescue their third sister, Kiya, from a deadly attack by her ex-boyfriend. Using two separate recorded calls to emergency workers, the experience puts the viewer on scene as the tragic events unfold.

    2016IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Across The Line — Steam game cover

    Across The Line

    Single-player alternative to Project Syria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Syria.

    Across the Line is an immersive virtual reality experience that combines 360°video and computer generated imaging (CGI) to put viewers in the shoes of a patient entering a health center for a safe and legal abortion.

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →