Single-player games like Cronos: The New Dawn
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Cronos: The New Dawn, 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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Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
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Rise of Deads
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Experience the amazing adventure with full of actions and puzzles with growing abilities system
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Resident Evil 3
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Dead Space (2008)
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
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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The Sinking City 2
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Set in the Roaring '20s, The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror steeped in Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, stalked by the dead, as you weigh one life against an entire city.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Dead Space™ 3
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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The Callisto Protocol™
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
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Returnal™
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Stranger Things 3: The Game
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!
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The Medium
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
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Observer: System Redux
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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Layers of Fear
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
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Star Trek: Shadow Frontier
Single-player alternative to Cronos: The New Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is a story-driven, action-adventure set in the expansive Star Trek universe. Step into the fractured mind of former Lieutenant Ro Laren (voiced by Michelle Forbes) as she seeks to rescue an old friend by embarking on a harrowing journey of survival and self-discovery.