Single-player games like Contort Effect
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Contort Effect, 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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Dreadfire
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contort Effect.
Dreadfire is a thrilling ultraviolent FPS game. Shred your enemies with a large destructive arsenal. Destroy them until none remain. They won't stop until you're dead.
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Codebreakers VR
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.
Codebreakers is a chaotic VR Action Shooter that takes place in a dystopian future where various organizations are fighting for control of the world order.As a breaker, you will have to infiltrate, defeat enemies and avoid security systems to extract data.
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Crysis® 3
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contort Effect.
The fate of the world is in your hands. New and old enemies threaten the peace you worked so hard to achieve 24 years ago. Your search for the Alpha Ceph continues, but this time you'll also need to expose the truth behind the C.E.L.L. corporation.
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Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contort Effect.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.
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Earthfall
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contort Effect.
NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.
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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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Ion Fury
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
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Sairento VR
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Contort Effect.
VR was made for this. Perform triple jumps, wall runs, power slides and slow time down while blasting away at a foe before landing to deliver a blade attack on another. Kit yourself with katanas, firearms, bows, throwing glaives and legendary relics. Keep upgrading as you play. PURE CYBER NINJA FUN.
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RAZE 2070
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Contort Effect.
RAZE 2070: Sci-fi FPS shooter. Stunning graphics. Arm yourself, face relentless waves of murderous robots. Hold the line! Unlock Steam achievements, reach the highest score!
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AURUM
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.
The world of AURUM has been shaken. Thieves from hell stole the treasures of the three wolf gods. Now the world is facing a huge chaos and you as a traveler must help the gods to find and collect all the treasures.
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PACK MY STUFF
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.
Unleash the fun with PACK MY STUFF! Discover and pack objects into boxes in this exciting puzzle and hidden object game. As a mover in Neuberg, assist residents in packing their possessions. Enjoy the simplicity and thrill!
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Totally Safe Delivery NOT
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.
Totally Safe Delivery NOT is a chaotic rage game where everything is totally safe. Well… almost. As a freshly hired rookie, you have one simple task:Bring the platform carrying atomic material safely to the core.
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SU8WAY
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.
You are Henry, a man who only wanted to take Train 8 to work. But you quickly realize that something is wrong. Everything seems to repeat itself like a loop. Objects and people begin to change, and nothing is quite the way it should be.
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Cozy Cleanup
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.
Clean up after a big party, collect trash, and earn money for better tools and new areas. Play at your own pace, customize your equipment, and find hidden rubber ducks. No violence, no stress, just relaxing cleanup.
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Diamonds & Destruction
Single-player alternative to Contort Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Contort Effect.
In Diamonds & Destruction, you play as a miner who has a big debt to pay. Deep underground, you mine valuable diamonds, earn money, and become stronger with every round.