Single-player games like Descension
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Descension, 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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The Junkyard
Single-player alternative to Descension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descension.
Explore a network of tunnels that lead to several different rooms. There are various creatures to frighten and hinder you, which grow stronger and more numerous. Defeat bosses and experience the dramatic and mysterious plot of the life of Joseph
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Don't Crash - The Political Game
Single-player alternative to Descension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Descension.
WARNING THIS GAME CRASHES WHEN YOU DIE! IT'S THE POINT OF THE GAME! Game includes shooting 3d Sprites. FPS shooting, various guns, and political humor.
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MEAT TRAIN
Single-player alternative to Descension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descension.
Meat Train is a FPS game where you operate a train thats uses MEAT for FUEL. Explore a wasteland where everything wants you dead, scavenge for weapons and loot. Upgrade the train and attempt to destroy an evil AI megafactory.
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The Backrooms: Anomaly Containment Unit
Single-player alternative to Descension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descension.
A first-person horror game with bodycam gameplay and tight controls. Explore the eerie, randomly generated Backrooms, catch anomalies, solve puzzles, and face atmospheric horror. Survive endless corridors in this intense PC survival experience.
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Lonely Planet
Single-player alternative to Descension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descension.
A Sci fi looter shooter. You have crashed on a strange planet, your spaceship parts scattered across the mystical world. Collect weapons, explore the world, clear dungeons, interact with NPCs and fight bosses to save the planet's inhabitants and repair your ship!
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Inner Chains
Single-player alternative to Descension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descension.
An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.
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Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
Single-player alternative to Descension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descension.
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.
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Necromunda: Hired Gun
Single-player alternative to Descension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descension.
Become a Hired Gun. The money’s good, the dog’s loyal, and the gun’s reliable. Embark on a fast-paced, violent, and thrilling FPS set in the darkest reaches of Warhammer 40,000’s most infamous hive city.