Single-player games like Red Matter
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Red Matter, 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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Red Matter 2
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
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Prisoner 518
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
It's 2049, deep space, on a corporate-run prison. An explosion within not only sets you free, but it also sets rolling a series of events that changes everything.
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FORM
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
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Riven
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
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Obduction
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
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Ether One
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
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The Solus Project
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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The Assembly
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
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Half-Life: Alyx
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
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The Station
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
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The Rig: A Starmap to Murder
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Matter.
THE RIG is an immersive, story-driven, space-noir ADVENTURE GAME developed exclusively for VR. Explore a fully-interactive light freighter as you attempt to land, find your brother, and uncover a tightly-woven mystery of murder and broken romance.
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The Room VR: A Dark Matter
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.
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Genotype
Single-player alternative to Red Matter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Red Matter.
Your weapons are alive! Print creatures and use them as weapons and tools as you explore this Metroidvania FPS adventure. Morph yourself tiny, upgrade, and locate collectibles to advance to the next boss. Explore large non-linear maps and explore an environment woven together with a complex story.