Single-player games like Aftermath
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Aftermath, 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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Silurian Planet
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Aftermath.
Silurian Planet is a first-person survival horror game. Survive on a hostile and oppressive planet, seek shelter, manage resources, and make decisions to escape creatures lurking in the darkness.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Aftermath.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Directive 8020
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Aftermath.
Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Aftermath.
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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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Aftermath.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Metro Exodus
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Aftermath.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Aftermath.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Aftermath.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Aftermath.
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
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VR Ping Pong Pro
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Rackets at the ready! VR Ping Pong Pro is the follow up to the hit table tennis simulator of 2016, VR Ping Pong. Test your skills with a variety of challenging game modes, as you rise up the ranks to become the true Ping Pong Pro! Do you have what it takes? Pick up your virtual racket and find out!
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The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Aftermath.
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
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Curse of the Crimson Stag
Single-player alternative to Aftermath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Aftermath.
Curse of the Crimson Stag is a story-driven mystery thriller in which you explore a blurred line between supernatural occurrences and past tragedy. Uncover what led to the abandoning of the once luxurious Whiteroot Hotel. Local myth tells of a wrathful spirit known as the Crimson Stag…