Single-player games like Hired 2 Die
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Hired 2 Die, 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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Paranormal Cleanup
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
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PARANOIA PLACE
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer.
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Species: Unknown
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
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.
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Nuclear Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
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Murky Divers
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
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Storebound
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
A 1-3 player co-op puzzle horror game set in an accursed megastore. Work together to decode the store's twisted logic, and find a way out before the lurking horrors doom you to shop forever.
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Dark Hours
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hired 2 Die.
Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.
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UNDERWARD
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
UNDERWARD is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Investigators must carry «TEST-SUBJECT» monsters from a deadly underground abandoned hospital ward.
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Viscera Cleanup Detail
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hired 2 Die.
In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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Five Nights at Freddy's
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hired 2 Die.
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
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Lethal Company
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
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SCP
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
Explore, craft, and survive in a post-apocalyptic world where SCP anomalies roam freely. Brace yourself for nightly assaults as SCP-049's twisted creations close in.
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Gravity Heroes
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hired 2 Die.
Gravity Heroes is a fast paced, chaotically beautiful 2D platform shooter, fuelled by retro arcade nostalgia with an electrifying soundtrack and popping pixel art style. Enjoy an action-packed, gravity-shifting solo campaign, or local multiplayer madness for up to four friends.
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Gravitational
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Gravitational is a VR experience that takes place in an upward future, where gravitational technology is being discovered. Experience Sebastian, a scientist in the apex of collapse inside Gravicorp’s facilities, overcoming not only challenges on your way but also your traumas.
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When the Light Dies
Single-player alternative to Hired 2 Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hired 2 Die.
Step into a world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. Seek out precious supplies, reinforce your arsenal, and uncover forbidden knowledge to unleash the terrifying powers of the ‘Old Ones’.