Single-player games like F.E.A.R. 3
Below are 16 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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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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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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Aliens vs. Predator™
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
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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Resident Evil 6
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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The Darkness II
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
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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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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.
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Manhunt
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
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Hot Blood
Single-player alternative to F.E.A.R. 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with F.E.A.R. 3.
Take down zombies as a deadly cutie in 3D low-poly style! Hot Blood is physics-based brawling fun inspired by action movies of the 80s & 90s.