Single-player games like Mortal Shell
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Mortal Shell, 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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Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mortal Shell.
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
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The Surge
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mortal Shell.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mortal Shell.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mortal Shell.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
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Nioh: Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mortal Shell.
Ready to die? Experience the newest brutal action game from Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo Games. In the age of samurai, a lone traveler lands on the shores of Japan. He must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks.
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CODE VEIN
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mortal Shell.
In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.
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ELDEN RING
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mortal Shell.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
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Thymesia
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mortal Shell.
Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mortal Shell.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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The Surge 2
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mortal Shell.
In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.
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Scorn
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mortal Shell.
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Mortal Shell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mortal Shell.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.