Single-player games like Intravenous
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Intravenous, 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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Intravenous 2
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.
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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intravenous.
Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.
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Police Stories
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intravenous.
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Intravenous.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
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Hitman: Absolution™
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.
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Desperados III
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
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Suit for Hire
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intravenous.
Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.
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Sniper Elite
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
As World War II draws to a close, the first covert battles of the Cold War begin. Caught in the life and death struggle between Soviets and Germans in war-torn Berlin, you control the fate of a lone American OSS Sniper.
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HITMAN™
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
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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METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.
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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
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Thief
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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DOOM Eternal
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intravenous.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Game Dev Studio
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Intravenous.
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
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Intravenous 3: Borderline
Single-player alternative to Intravenous — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous.
Tense stealth action, tactical hardcore gunplay, and missions & story shaped by the way you play. Step into the shoes of Gideon, a feared mercenary with nothing left to lose, and carve a bloody path of revenge through deep systemic stealth and brutal tactical gunplay.