Single-player games like Darkenstein 3D
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Darkenstein 3D, 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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Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Darkenstein 3D.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
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DEAD TRASH
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
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Hellbound
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
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Project Warlock
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.
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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Darkenstein 3D.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
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POSTAL: Brain Damaged
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.
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Rise of the Triad
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.
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Quake II
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
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Wolfenstein 3D
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
World War II rages. The Nazis are planning to build an unstoppable, mutant army. On a mission to steal the secret plans, you were captured and imprisoned. Now, a lucky break gives you the chance to escape, but a maze of passages and trigger-happy Nazis stand in your way.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Darkenstein 3D.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.