Single-player games like Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Magrunner: Dark Pulse, 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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Deep Sheol
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
In a dystopian future, Agent Seth investigates a corporate geological facility where a biological gas turned people into bloodthirsty monsters. Fight through enemy hordes, uncover a dark corporate conspiracy, and face Lovecraftian nightmares in this tense retro FPS with survival horror!
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Transient: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
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Hard Reset Redux
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
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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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Eldritch
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
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Conarium
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Teslagrad
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
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The Sinking City Remastered
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!
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Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Single-player alternative to Magrunner: Dark Pulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.