Single-player games like The Outer Worlds 2
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to The Outer Worlds 2, 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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The Outer Worlds
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
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Avowed
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG set in the world of Eora, where your choices carve a path through war, intrigue, and ancient mysteries. Navigate a land in turmoil, forge powerful alliances or deadly rivalries, and wield magic and steel to shape the fate of the Living Lands—and your own destiny.
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Starfield
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Worlds 2.
Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
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The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Worlds 2.
The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way to play the award-winning RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. Including the base game and all DLC, this remastered masterpiece is the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds.
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GreedFall
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Engage in a core roleplaying experience, and forge the destiny of a new world seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, evolving world - influence its course and shape your story.
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Fallout: New Vegas
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Cyberpunk 2077
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Worlds 2.
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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Tyranny
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Worlds 2.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
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Pillars of Eternity
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
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Grounded
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Worlds 2.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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South Park™: The Stick of Truth™
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Worlds 2.
From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.
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STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?
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Grounded 2
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Worlds 2.
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Single-player alternative to The Outer Worlds 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds 2.
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.