Single-player games like Resident Evil 5
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Resident Evil 5, 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 6
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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Resident Evil Revelations
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.
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Resident Evil Revelations 2
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 5.
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: Operation Raccoon City
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 5.
Experience the Fear: Set in the terrifying world of Resident Evil.
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Them and Us
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
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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Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 5.
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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God of War
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
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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BioShock™
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 5.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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Supraland
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
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Ultra Street Fighter® IV
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 5.
The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV.
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DEAD RISING®
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Resident Evil 5.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 5.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 5.
The epic clash between two storied universes returns with Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Ultron Sigma has begun the eradication of all biological life. Against all odds, heroes stand together against the ultimate threat, their only hope laying with the all-powerful Infinity Stones.