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Single-player games like Desperate Vlad

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Desperate Vlad, 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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    Federation77 — Steam game cover

    Federation77

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Desperate Vlad.

    Federation77 - a dynamic VR arena shooter filled with violence and brutality. Shoot, chop and dismember a marginalized society in VR. Post-Soviet cyberpunk and reactive rhythmic gameplay.

    2022ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator — Steam game cover

    Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Desperate Vlad.

    A.A.B.S. Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator The Most Advanced Ballistic Damage Detection/Application System In Virtual Reality.

    2024ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dynamic Shooting VR — Steam game cover

    Dynamic Shooting VR

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Desperate Vlad.

    Dynamic Shooting VR is an arcade target shooting game! An arcade style practical shooting experience. Compete across different ranges with captivating themes and challenging parkours. Experience intense gameplay with fine tuned weapon mechanics. Best gun and target shooting feeling in VR.

    2024ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shooting Arena VR — Steam game cover

    Shooting Arena VR

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Desperate Vlad.

    The VR Arcade Shooting Range Mix speed and accuracy to turn into a crazy shooting expert! Shoot, move, turn around, shoot again. Comfortable. Zero motion sickness.

    2020ActionCasualEarly Access12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jack Walker: Ethereal — Steam game cover

    Jack Walker: Ethereal

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    Jack Walker: Ethereal is a Sci-Fi/Action/RPG game for advanced VR players, with unique movement and combat mechanics. You play as an intergalactic bounty hunter who can fly and shoot laser beams out of his wrist as well as slow down the time. The fate of the universe is in your hands...

    2020ActionAdventureRPG39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    War Link - 2111 AD — Steam game cover

    War Link - 2111 AD

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    War Link has evolved, and so has the best online FPS on Virtual Reality

    2024ActionAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Just skill shooter 3: 2d edition — Steam game cover

    Just skill shooter 3: 2d edition

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Desperate Vlad.

    Try on the role of a shooter who opposes the whole world

    2024ActionSportsStrategy0.55 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grapple Tournament — Steam game cover

    Grapple Tournament

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Desperate Vlad.

    Grapple Tournament is a VR Grappling Hook Shooter with 3D movement freedom, fast-paced vertical combat and dual wieldable multifunctional weapons. Now Free-To-Play!

    2023ActionIndieCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bureau of Contacts — Steam game cover

    Bureau of Contacts

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    "Bureau of Contacts" - ghost-hunting game for 1-4 players, in which you'll encounter 2 enemies at once - location itself and the ghosts with most human-like intelligence ever. So...look around and watch what you say!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BodyRecords — Steam game cover

    BodyRecords

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    BodyRecords is a chilling horror experience, blending bodycam immersion,microphone sensitivity to your voice, and eerie spaces. Work together with teammates to solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and escape. True cooperative play and unsettling atmosphere make every moment a tense challenge.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guns'n'Stories: Bulletproof VR — Steam game cover

    Guns'n'Stories: Bulletproof VR

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    Guns’n’Stories: Bulletproof is a dynamic VR western shooter that fully immerses players into the ambiance of weird Wild West. Stepping the tangled storyline, you will encounter many intimidating but comical enemies and fight Big Bosses.

    2018ActionAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boiling Steel — Steam game cover

    Boiling Steel

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    "Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MoonMiners — Steam game cover

    MoonMiners

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    MoonMiners is a cooperative survival simulator of miners in space, in an alternative dystopian future. You take on the role of space miners working for an evil corporation far from home, and it will be much easier for you to die than to do your job.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guns'n'Stories: Preface VR — Steam game cover

    Guns'n'Stories: Preface VR

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    Put on your VR device and grab a gun for one heck of a wild n' crazy story heading your way! Dive into your grandfather's memories, who once was an infamous bounty hunter! Relive his glory days full of adventures. Dark humor, steampunk and cowboys – this is the world of GUNS`N`STORIES.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Redemption of the Damned — Steam game cover

    Redemption of the Damned

    Single-player alternative to Desperate Vlad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desperate Vlad.

    Redemption of the Damned is a survival horror in the scenery of 19th century Europe.You are Professor Abraham Van Helsing who was summoned to a distant village to investigate a series of grisly murders. You were ambushed and when you wake up you discover things are more dire than expected.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →