Single-player games like Dead Space (2008)
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Space (2008), 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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Dead Space™ 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space (2008).
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space (2008).
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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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space (2008).
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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The Callisto Protocol™
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space (2008).
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
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Dead Effect
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space (2008).
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!
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space (2008).
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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DOOM 3
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space (2008).
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space (2008).
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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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space (2008).
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Event Horizon
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space (2008).
Take command of a space fleet and start your galaxy exploration mission.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Space (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space (2008).
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.