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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Decay Breath VR
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 3.
In Decay Breath VR you'll experience detailed gun assembly and operation, the exhilaration of using weapons to dismember zombies, and creative combat styles that utilize props to fight zombies. Immersive physical and environmental interactions as well as the ability to team up and play online.
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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.
A first-person card game where horror isn’t constant: it appears only when the match decides. For 1–4 players with real-time voice chat, over 900 dynamic events, cursed progression, and a final boss waiting for the challenge.
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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.