Single-player games like Cruelty Squad
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Cruelty Squad, 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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UBERSLAUGHTER
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.
DOPAMINE - NON STOP KILLING - BLOOD - BUNNY HOPPING - HIGH SKILL CEILING - MORE BLOOD - NO HAND HOLDING - STOCK TRADING - EVEN MORE BLOOD - ODDLY SENSUAL
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GOR3
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.
A mysterious castle and a mysterious artifact.
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RE//POSSESSED
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.
RE//POSSESSED is a uniquely controlled cyberpunk immersive sim set in a post-space war Germany. You play as C, being either a shadow in disguise, a killing murder machine or unpredictable flying monster that neither knows personal boundaries nor accepts the concept of walls or fences.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.
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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Deus Ex: Invisible War
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.
Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.
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Psycho Patrol R
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.
FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.
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Veggies Bloody Rampage
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.
Control a tiny tomato with a big knife and a serious revenge problem. Sneak through dangerous kitchens, slice disposable "enemies", and try not to question this weird clay world too much...
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You Are Weak
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cruelty Squad.
A ritual for the darkest of times. A game about community and change in a fractured world.
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Gorgon's quest
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.
Gorgon's quest is a single screen action/platformer. Play alone or with a friend (local co-op) as the mythical gorgon sisters use your petrifying gaze to turn your enemies into stone. Explore ancient Greece, find power ups and defeat great bosses.
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HITMAN™
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.
There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.
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Peripeteia
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.
You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.
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Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.
Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Brigand: Oaxaca
Single-player alternative to Cruelty Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.
Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. Emphasis is on challenge, a branching story with multiple endings, and total freedom of action (kill friendly characters, rob stores, jump across roofs, etc.).