Single-player games like Volatile
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Volatile, 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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Scarred Stars: Traumatic Edition
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volatile.
Scarred Stars: Traumatic edition begins by you entering an amusement park from hell and you must escape with your sanity - if you can! Adventure through a ruined amusement park with a dark past. Escape monsters and discover multiple endings in this survival horror game!
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Black Parallax
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volatile.
Every lightspeed jump is instant for you, but not for the world. Explore the crumbling colony of the Small Magellanic Cloud, intrude on lonely survivors, and outlive everyone you've met.
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Escape the Exomoon
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volatile.
ESCAPE THE EXOMOON is a narrative driven cyberpunk sci-fi horror game. Hack, hide, and fight your way across an abandoned space colony and learn the terrifying secrets within. Will you sacrifice your sanity for survival?
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TECHNOPHOBIA: DO ANDROIDS GO TO HEAVEN?
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volatile.
"Technophobia: DAgtH" is a Narrative FPS Adventure where you're tasked with rescuing FESAC Engineers kidnapped by terroristic androids in a dark forest, all while discussing the ethics of using androids and AI in our daily lives. Is AI truly better than humans?
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Seasons of the Sorcerer
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volatile.
Seasons of the Sorcerer is a top-down action game set to Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons.” Use a diverse set of spells to incinerate, bash, transform, and control your foes on a year long journey across early Renaissance Italy.
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Esoteric: Apostate
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volatile.
Embody the enhanced cybernetic might of the future. Scan your surroundings, gather powerful weapons and supplies, and obliterate the techno-zealots of the Church of Hope. Protect the girl in an intense third-person stealth-action experience designed for solo play.
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Dustborn
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volatile.
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
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The Church in the Darkness ™
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volatile.
The Church in the Darkness is an action/stealth game where you infiltrate a religious cult and the story changes every time you play. It's 1977 and your nephew has moved deep into the South American jungle. Sneak into his commune, find out what's going on, and try to get the best ending you can.
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Up & Away
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In Up & Away, control your vertical ascent through 40 levels using only one button. Use the environment to gain horizontal movement and unlock new paths to progress.
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Bellhop
Single-player alternative to Volatile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Volatile.
Bellhop is a hotel management game. Earn tips by bringing the guests the items they request. Use your savings to upgrade and improve your tools, or to spice up your wardrobe.