Single-player games like Insecticide Part 1
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Insecticide Part 1, 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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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Insecticide Part 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Insecticide Part 1.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
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Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Single-player alternative to Insecticide Part 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Insecticide Part 1.
Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.
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Stick it to The Man!
Single-player alternative to Insecticide Part 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Insecticide Part 1.
Hard hat tester, Ray, has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain! With his awesome new powers he can read minds and change the world with stickers but he’s on the run for a crime he didn’t commit. Can you help Ray out of this sticky situation?
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Velvet Assassin
Single-player alternative to Insecticide Part 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Insecticide Part 1.
Inspired by the fascinating story and unbreakable spirit of British secret agent Violette Szabo, players take control of Violette Summer, a beautiful World War II spy deep behind enemy lines with no support or official backing from the British Government.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Insecticide Part 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Insecticide Part 1.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Psychonauts
Single-player alternative to Insecticide Part 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Insecticide Part 1.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
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Contrast
Single-player alternative to Insecticide Part 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Insecticide Part 1.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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Tomb Raider: Legend
Single-player alternative to Insecticide Part 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Insecticide Part 1.
Follow Lara Croft down a path of discovery as she travels the globe to remote, exotic locales in search of one of history's greatest artifacts, that unleashes unwelcome figures from Lara's mysterious past.