Single-player games like Minerva (2015)
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Minerva (2015), 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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Gion Corridor
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Minerva (2015).
Set against the backdrop of a Japanese-style townscape reminiscent of Gion, this exploration-based horror game involves searching for “anomalies” and offering prayers. A work dedicated to those who feel bored with their daily lives.
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SCREAM you LOSE
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Minerva (2015).
If you get startled, you go back to Number 0. A Japanese-style horror anomaly-spotting game that uses your microphone to detect your reactions. Eerie shrines, schools, and cult-like locations await, filled with all kinds of horror and anomalies.
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PROPERTY INSPECTION
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Minerva (2015).
Property Inspection is a short first-person psychological horror game about completing a routine inspection of Unit 47. Examine the apartment, document structural issues, follow your checklist, and finish the job when the final task stops making sense.
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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Minerva (2015).
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Minerva (2015).
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Minerva (2015).
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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The Guest
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Minerva (2015).
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
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Below, Rusted Gods
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Minerva (2015).
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
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NUN: THE FIRST SIN
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Minerva (2015).
Pray, Run, Hide - The Nun hunts you - First-person, Survival Horror.
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Death Delivery
Single-player alternative to Minerva (2015) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
deliver pizzas while a killer hunts you, first-person, horror, survival horror, job simulator.