Single-player games like The Future Project
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Future Project, 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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Crysis
Single-player alternative to The Future Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Future Project.
Adapt to Survive An epic story thrusts players into an ever-changing environment, forcing them to adapt their tactics and approach to conquer battlefields ranging from newly frozen jungle to zero-gravity alien environments. Suit up! A high-tech Nanosuit allows gamers to augment their abilities in real time on the battlefield.
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Dead Space (2008)
Single-player alternative to The Future Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Future Project.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
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Skin Deep
Single-player alternative to The Future Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Future Project.
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
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High On Life 2
Single-player alternative to The Future Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Future Project.
An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!
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Sanctum 2
Single-player alternative to The Future Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Future Project.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
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Exophobia
Single-player alternative to The Future Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Future Project.
Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to The Future Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Future Project.
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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Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection
Single-player alternative to The Future Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Future Project.
You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.