Single-player games like The Persistence
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Persistence, 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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Syndrome
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Persistence.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
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Metro 2033 Redux
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Persistence.
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Persistence.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Persistence.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Amnesia: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Persistence.
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
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Cosmodread
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Persistence.
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Persistence.
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Persistence.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to The Persistence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Persistence.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.