Single-player games like The Chameleon
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to The Chameleon, 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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American Theft 80s
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
From the THIEF SIMULATOR developers. It's the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, classic cars, and if you get caught, outrun the police!
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Forgotten Depths
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
Forgotten Depths is a PS1-inspired stealth-horror game. You find yourself trapped within ancient catacombs, but escaping won't be easy... you have awakened the CURSED PRISONER of these depths.
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Light City District
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
A Game And Watch-like game with a cinema noire story, set in an openworld game in real time.
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Loot List: Thief Sim
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
Rise from pauper to master thief - grab the loot list and get to work, whether it’s a roadside diner or a federal vault: slip past security and make fools of everyone, or unleash chaos and blow the place apart. Fence the haul to upgrade the hideout, gear up, and build your criminal empire.
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1 Hop
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
Play as a rabbit and go looking for carrots and food bags avoiding the dog. Try to get the mountain first to become the ultimate rabbit, play split screen with your friend and work together to become the King Rabbit.
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UnMetal
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
UnMetal is a 2D stealth action-adventure that pays homage to the classics with a healthy dose of humor and satire. You play as Jesse Fox, who is definitely NOT an elite commando, under arrest for a crime he didn't commit, and must escape a covert military base using his wits and fists.
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Timothy and the Mysterious Forest
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
Timothy and the Mysterious Forest is a mix of old-school Game Boy graphics, meta-narrative, stealth system and action combat with an high difficulty level. Elements from adventure/exploration games are mixed with puzzle and stealth: exploration, reading and keeping a slow pace is the best tactic. Multiple endings!
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Master Key
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Prototype™
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.
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Thief
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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HITMAN™
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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System Shock
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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The Thing from Nowhere
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".
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PROTOTYPE
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In the neon-lit world of PROTOTYPE, 07Vanguard, a powerful AI prototype, battles hordes of menacing robots. Equipped with combat techniques and a vast arsenal, it faces increasingly challenging enemies. Power-ups aid its survival, but the ultimate test comes with the appearance of formidable Bosses.
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It Comes In Waves
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A short, minimalist, experimental open-world adventure about guilt and grief. Explore, shoot, scavenge and bring a specimen to The Sanctuary. Beware PERMADEATH.
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No Sun To Worship
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A short, minimalist stealth-action game about the importance of art. We painted the sky ashen gray. Burned the heavens to starve each other. Now we walk an endless cemetery of regret.
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UNDETECTED
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Stealth your way through the shadows and uncover a corporate conspiracy. Become a cyber-augmented agent in this gameplay-focused stealth game that brings classic sneaking to the modern era.
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Luckily, My Arm Is A Shotgun
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chameleon.
You are lost on a cursed island full of monsters... Luckily, your arm is a shotgun! Explore a mini open world and blast your way through waves of demons in this short adventure.
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Under A Star Long Cold
Single-player alternative to The Chameleon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You have 30 minutes to loot this place and pay your debts before the planet is destroyed. Intense stealth-action with permadeath. An exploration of agency and hope.