Single-player games like DEATH STRANDING
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to DEATH STRANDING, 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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DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
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El Paso, Elsewhere 2
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
MORE STAKES. MORE GUNS. MORE SLOW-MO. James Savage returns in this sequel to the hit third-person shooter. Escape the Void. Fight creatures pulled from myth, history, and imagination. Save yourself.
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The Talos Principle 2
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
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CONTROL Resonant
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in this thrilling action-adventure RPG. Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and our survival against a reality-bending cosmic threat.
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Escape From Lavender Island
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
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DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?
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Lifeless Moon
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...
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Hail to the Rainbow
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
The story of a lonely young man named Ignat, who survives in the dangerous and gloomy world of post-apocalyptic cyberpunk. You have to face the trials of a new reality and plunge into the secrets of the surrounding chaos.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
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Prey
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to DEATH STRANDING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.