Single-player games like Dead Space™ 3
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Space™ 3, 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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Dead Space™ 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
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Dead Space (2008)
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
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.
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
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Xenoids
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
Xenoids is a survival horror game where you have to face a hostile life form in the confined space of a spaceship.
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Apocalypse: Floodgates
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
Herd 'em up, Mow 'em Down! Mindless Carnage, fast-paced action. Apocalypse: Floodgates is a Third-Person Zombie Horde Shooter featuring post-apocalyptic weapons and deadly traps. Play online with up to four friends or play alone and see how many zombie waves you can take down.
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Memo R.I.P.
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
First‑person psychological horror card game with 900+ handcrafted horror events, real‑time voice multiplayer, a final boss, and progression aboard a cursed spaceship.
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Deborg Desolation Pre-Born
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
Deborg Desolation is a first-person indie game intended for the survival of mankind. Train to be a soldier capable of containing any injurious entity to achieve the survival of your own race, seek to plan strategies that allow your advancement without stopping.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
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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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.