Single-player games like Martha Is Dead
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Martha Is Dead, 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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Luto
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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Scary Shadow Spot - Bitter Glass
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
Scary Shadow Spot: Bitter Glass. Without memory, John Doe wanders the desert until he finds refuge in a haunted saloon. The ghosts of the past demand justice, and every clue brings him closer to an unsettling truth. Are you ready to uncover the secret of the Bitter Glass?
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INDIKA
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
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The Revenge of Sophia Red
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
The Revenge Of Sophia Red is a first-person psychological horror adventure with puzzle elements. It's about the life of the book author Sophia Red. Love can turn into hate and make people blind. Revenge has become the only meaning in Sophia's life. This is her story.
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Bad Faith
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Martha Is Dead.
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
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Butcher of the North
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
You never received any New Year's gifts. This year, you decided to take what is yours. After tracking Santa down by his IP address, you head to his lair to take what is rightfully yours.
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The Wellmonts Case
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
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MADiSON VR
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
MADiSON VR now plunges you even deeper into its immersive and terrifying world. With the utilization of an instant camera in your virtual hands, bridge the gap between our world and the unknown. Snap photos, develop them by yourself to solve puzzles, explore the shadows and above all, survive.
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The Town of Light
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.
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Little Hooky
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Martha Is Dead.
Little Hooky is a tiny fishing game for a little slack off. if there's nothing to stop you now then, Why don't you play a Little Hooky from work.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
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Until Dawn™
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
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Infliction
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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When Sirens Fall Silent
Single-player alternative to Martha Is Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Martha Is Dead.
When Sirens Fall Silent is a dark psychological thriller set in 1990s Italy. Play as Mila, a troubled policewoman drawn into a high-profile case of kidnappings and murders. As the case unravels you must not only save her from herself, but from being swallowed by a vortex of violence and confusion.