Single-player games like Shank 2
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Shank 2, 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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Shank
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.
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Abyss Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
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Wulverblade
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
Defeat the Ninth Legion of the Roman army in this side-scrolling, arcade-inspired beat 'em up set in Roman-era Britain.
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BloodRayne Betrayal (Legacy)
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shank 2.
The original video game femme fatale, Rayne, has returned to battle and feed in a brand new hack ‘n slash adventure. Slay ghastly enemies as Rayne, the sexy dhampir with superhuman strength, speed, and agility, recruited by the vampire hunting Brimstone Society for one last mission.
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Guacamelee! 2
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Uppercut your way to victory across stunning new hand-crafted levels. Featuring a dense and colorful world, new luchador moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens!
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Onikira - Demon Killer
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
Onikira is a 2D side scrolling beat ‘em up set in a fantasy feudal Japan where the player takes on the role of a samurai fighting to prevent the forces of the Japanese underworld from breaking through into the world of the living.
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Charlie Murder
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
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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Rambo The Video Game + Baker Team DLC
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shank 2.
RAMBO ® THE VIDEO GAME is a rail-shooter that puts the player in John Rambo’s combat boots, and takes them on an action packed journey through the iconic combat sequences and story-arcs of FIRST BLOOD ™, RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II ™ & RAMBO III ™.
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METAL SLUG
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shank 2.
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shank 2.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Don't Starve
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shank 2.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
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Griftlands
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shank 2.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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Rotwood
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shank 2.
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
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Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.
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Hot Lava
Single-player alternative to Shank 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shank 2.
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.