Single-player games like Vacuum
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Vacuum, 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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Ghostship Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Vacuum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum.
Prepare to board the Heckel and Thomas as a Black ops CDF detachment who were sent to investigate the disappearance of the long lost colonization ship. Keep your team teammates alive to evolve more stories and stand a chance of survival with 3 different endings.
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The Seasons Collection: Spring
Single-player alternative to Vacuum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum.
Start your journey as Cyrus to find your sister, Ava in Spring. The first game of The Seasons Collection involves brilliant FPS gameplay with a beautiful story to remember. All you will have is a rifle, a shotgun and limitless enemies as you start discovering the mystery of the forest.
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A journey through shadow, to Reach the light.
Single-player alternative to Vacuum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum.
Survive a dark world full of creatures and deadly machines. Explore creepy places, uncover secrets, and fight to escape, all while every word spoken is a poem. Will you break free or be lost in the darkness?
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The Cleaner
Single-player alternative to Vacuum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum.
The Cleaner is a hardcore die 'n' retry inspired by John Wick, Hotline Miami and SuperHot. You control a highly-trained " cleaner " with a unique power. No cliché storyline, no cutscenes, start the game and play.
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Blood Storm: Alien Purge
Single-player alternative to Vacuum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum.
In this intense first-person rail shooter, you play as Aiden Cross, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Anomalies (FBA). Sent to investigate alien sightings at a remote desert facility in Nevada, what began as a routine mission quickly spirals into a deadly battle against unknown creatures...
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MOAR - Appeteaser
Single-player alternative to Vacuum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Vacuum.
The sandbox version of Mayhem on a Rainbow - VR. It offers endless fun with arena and wave shooters, spiced with mini games and upcoming new features. A glimpse into the wacky apocalypse where zombies fly in slow motion and chickens lay airstrikes! Saddle up your unicorn and fire up the spaceboat!
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JACK STYLER
Single-player alternative to Vacuum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum.
Former FBI agent and fishing enthusiast, faces an alien-zombie apocalypse after a virus escapes from NASA. Determined to rescue his wife, he defies the FBI and embarks alone to confront the threat. An epic rescue mission filled with action and suspense!
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神经联结(Neural Nexus)
Single-player alternative to Vacuum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum.
Neural Link Corporation developed a powerful AI that unexpectedly went rogue. As an employee, you must destroy the servers storing the AI's network model to mitigate the damage and uncover the reasons behind the AI's loss of control.