Single-player games like The Martian Job
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Martian Job, 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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Choice of Robots
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Martian Job.
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
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Winds of Change
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!
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Champion of the Gods
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Martian Job.
Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.
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Heroes Rise: The Prodigy
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Martian Job.
Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?
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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
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Choice of the Deathless
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Martian Job.
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
Save the living earth with Rage and spirit! Can your shattered werewolf pack defeat a Wyrm Spirit that manifests as a lie that you want to believe?
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Out for Blood
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Martian Job.
Gather your allies to hunt the vampires that terrorize your town! Study their ways and exploit their rivalries, or you'll become a vampire yourself.
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Heroes Rise: The Hero Project
Single-player alternative to The Martian Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Martian Job.
The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.