Single-player games like CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS, 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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Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
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Gears 5
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.
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Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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The Ascent
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
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Super Cube Smash
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Super cube smash is a rhythmic action game that generates music as you play. It is set on the mysterious ancient spaceship 'The Dawrfstone' where the most peculiar and unfortunate of events have occurred.
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Expendable
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Somewhere in the future a hostile alien race conquers most of the galaxy. Scientists developed the “Millennium Soldier” project by cloning two super-soldiers. Armed with blasters they will battle scores of monsters, robots and boss aliens to save us and get a well-earned reward.
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Diablo® IV
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?
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METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
A remake of the 2004 game METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, with the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. Get ready for the ultimate survival stealth action experience.
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METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the origin story of Naked Snake and his mentor The Boss and the fifth title in the METAL GEAR series.
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METAL GEAR SURVIVE
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
METAL GEAR SURVIVE builds upon MGSV’s stealth action gameplay with elements of exploration and survival creating a bold new experience. *An internet connection is required to play the game.
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METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
The first 3D title in the METAL GEAR series pioneering a new level of stealth action with live action footage, cinematic cut scenes, and innovative gameplay.
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METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
The fourth game in the METAL GEAR series: set over two incidents in 2007 and 2009, featuring Solid Snake and Raiden, introducing new stealth gameplay features.
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Castlevania Dominus Collection
Single-player alternative to CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS.
Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!