Single-player games like Protocol VR
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Protocol VR, 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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A-Tech Cybernetic VR
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
Built exclusively for VR, A-Tech Cybernetic's Story Mode will offer hours of explosive fun, while Swarm Mode will test your grit in a sci-fi nightmare scenario. Stop the mutant invasion at a futuristic megacorp, controlling an arsenal of weapons with real life movements!
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Contagion VR: Outbreak
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
Contagion VR: Outbreak will immerse you into the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Relive stories of the survivors in the Single Player campaign, take your time in Free Roam, or check out the Firing Range!
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Eternity Warriors VR
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
Packed with classical action game essences, high-definition visual, and real-time multiplayer features.
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Nevrosa: Escape
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
Nevrosa is an escape room game with horror and action elements, where you are trying to find your way out of laboratory through solving puzzles while being locked in with a strange creature. Mystical machines, old family curse and various endings depending on your ways of play.
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Witching Tower VR
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
The Witching Tower is a VR Action Adventure title set in a dark fantasy world. Fight and puzzle your way through a foreboding fortress tower, unraveling each level’s mysteries. An unparalleled experience with breathtaking visuals and environments.
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Dead Effect 2 VR
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
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Don't Knock Twice
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
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Hello Puppets! VR
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Protocol VR.
Go on a horror-comedy adventure that turns your hand into a living, talking puppet named Scout. Years ago, a bad Sesame Street knock-off called “Mortimer’s Handeemen” was canceled and forgotten, but the puppets from the show have come to life. They’re pure evil and they have plans for you.
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Loco Parentis / 孤女咒怨
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
Surreal survival horror, where you alone or with a friend have to solve puzzles and try to survive in the endless entrance among the monsters
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Protocol
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
By signing below, you agree to follow the Protocol. Protocol is a program of strict rules created to make first contact with an alien life form that got shot down in the Arctic Circle.
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Noch
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world
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Aliens In The Yard
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Protocol VR.
The aliens have decided to steal the Earth's most precious artifacts: your backyard junk. Defend your backyard with fireworks!
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Startup Valley Adventure
Single-player alternative to Protocol VR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol VR.
A tough divorce, getting fired from a job ... Why not make your life harder? Take on the role of a novice startup in Silicon Valley. Get ready to dive into…