Single-player games like Serious Sam Double D XXL
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Serious Sam Double D XXL, 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 HD: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Halloween Pumpkin Story
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Evil spirits on the Day of All Saints give the pumpkin power and send into the otherworldly dark world of nightmare and horror, and what will happen to the pumpkin you will be able to find yourself in the world of the game!
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
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 Classics: Revolution
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.
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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
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Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!
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Serious Sam II
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
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Serious Sam: Tormental
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Serious Sam: Tormental is a 3D rogue-lite top-down shooter where you blast your way through the tormented mind of demigod of destruction Mental, as he imagines worlds and monsters that stand on your path towards his inner ego. Let the showdown begin!
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
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Black Mesa
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Relive Half-Life.
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Garry's Mod
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
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The Exit 8
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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ChainStaff
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through mutating hordes and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!
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Shoot 1UP DX
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
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Pig Eat Ball
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Pig Eat Ball is a top-down, action-adventure about eating, getting fat, and barfing on things to solve levels. Explore 20 giant space stations to find different Disguises, and using their Pros and Cons, fight and solve your way through over 200 action-puzzle levels using new, arcade-style mechanics.
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Weapon of Choice DX
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
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Explosionade DX
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
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Game Type DX
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Help Hoodie Girl fight the evil MediaBall's inane advertisements! It's a looping shooter in which each loop increases the speed and difficulty!
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Bumpy Grumpy
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam Double D XXL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Serious Sam Double D XXL.
Discover the lost 1980s arcade classic, with new enhancements! Race through packed streets at break-neck speeds, zip by wacky drivers, and boost your way to a new high score!