Single-player games like Red Faction II
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Red Faction II, 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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Red Faction
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards.
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Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force.
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Chaser
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Mars, 2044. The UN establishes MARSCORP (Martian Security and Economics Committee) under the leadership of Samuel Longwood. In the years that follow, the UN gradually loses control of MARSCORP, mainly due to the non-transparent licence policy of its director.
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Hard Reset Redux
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.
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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
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Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Red Faction II.
Shogo is an anime-inspired first-person shooter. Fight on foot or pilot a giant mech in both open and urban levels. You will know the true power of giant robots!
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UberSoldier II
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Deal another deadly blow to fascism!
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Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.
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Red Faction®: Armageddon™
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements!
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Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
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Project: Snowblind
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game. An augmented super-soldier must stop a renegade regime from eradicating the civilized world. Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt.
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Saints Row: The Third
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!
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Saints Row 2
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.
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Saints Row
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
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Summoner
Single-player alternative to Red Faction II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Summoners have toppled empires and challenged gods. They are venerated as saviours and feared as destroyers. With rings crafted by the ancient Khosani, the gifted can call forth demons, dragons, and elementals, but only the strongest can control the forces they unleash.