Single-player games like F.E.A.R. 3
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to F.E.A.R. 3, 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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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!
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Killing Floor 3
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.
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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
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F.E.A.R.
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
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Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
** Please note: a remastered and improved edition of this game is now available in Zombie Army Trilogy.**Experience a terrifyingly intense co-op campaign for up to four players in this gut-wrenching sequel to Steam best-seller, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army.
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Dead Effect
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Wolfenstein®: The Old Blood™ is a standalone prequel to the critically acclaimed first-person action-adventure shooter, Wolfenstein®: The New Order. This adventure spans eight chapters and features the hallmarks of MachineGames – thrilling action, immersive story, and intense FPS combat.
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DOOM 3
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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F.E.A.R.
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
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ULTRAKILL
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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Mother Russia Bleeds
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.