Single-player games like Anomalous
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Anomalous, 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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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Anomalous.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
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BRUTAL JOHN 2
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Anomalous.
Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.
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Dread Templar
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Anomalous.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
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CULTIC
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Anomalous.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Anomalous.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Anomalous.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
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Ion Fury
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Anomalous.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
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HROT
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Anomalous.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Anomalous.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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Half-Life 2
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Anomalous.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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Killing Floor
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Anomalous.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Anomalous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Anomalous.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.