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Single-player games like The Hell Hives

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Hell Hives, 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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    Death Park 2 — Steam game cover

    Death Park 2

    Single-player alternative to The Hell Hives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Hell Hives.

    Shoot terrifying monsters and a killer clown in a haunted city full of nightmares. Explore 8 locations, solve puzzles, switch between dream and reality, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park 2 is a horror FPS with multiple endings and a boss fight.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky — Steam game cover

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

    Single-player alternative to The Hell Hives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Hell Hives.

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – standalone prequel for the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, which tells you story about the Clear Sky group, that want to research the Zone and understand it better.

    2008ActionRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi — Steam game cover

    Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi

    Single-player alternative to The Hell Hives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Hell Hives.

    It is a misty evening in the year of our lord 1912. The Pattersons, a poor but proud aristocratic family of the British nobility, and some of their closest friends, arrive at the castle Malachi residence of a wealthy Romanian Count.

    2014ActionAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Species: Unknown — Steam game cover

    Species: Unknown

    Single-player alternative to The Hell Hives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Hell Hives.

    Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Syndrome — Steam game cover

    Syndrome

    Single-player alternative to The Hell Hives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Hell Hives.

    Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.

    2016ActionAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Effect — Steam game cover

    Dead Effect

    Single-player alternative to The Hell Hives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Hell Hives.

    Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!

    2014ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Persistence — Steam game cover

    The Persistence

    Single-player alternative to The Hell Hives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Hell Hives.

    Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Depth — Steam game cover

    Depth

    Single-player alternative to The Hell Hives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Hell Hives.

    Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat.

    2014ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →