Single-player games like Darkenstein 3D
Below are 15 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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Venison County
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Grab your sawed-off, cast some sigils, and face the never ending nightmare head on in Venison County. Blast your old neighbors into undead venison giblets, master weapon specific active reloads, and limitlessly combine slain cultists' sigils for their sinful buffs (if you can withstand God's wrath).
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Xeno Swarm - 异虫强袭
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Darkenstein 3D.
"Xeno Swarm" is a hardcore side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game. Team up with your allies to battle overwhelming swarms of alien creatures, engage in life-or-death showdowns with colossal bosses on extraterrestrial battlefields, and relive the exhilarating thrill of bullet-hell mayhem!
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Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Darkenstein 3D.
Lock and load into the Starship Troopers universe and join the Mobile Infantry in the most realistic depiction of war ever made! Experience an original story in this action-packed, first-person retro shooter. Would you like to know more?
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Zombaliens
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Kill aliens in creative ways in this wacky retro FPS featuring non linear, highly interactive maps. Zombaliens blends retro FPS with immersive sim, letting you use anything in your environment against your enemies, while retaining the speed and simplicity of a retro FPS.
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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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Vugluskr: Zombie Rampage
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Survive a medieval zombie apocalypse in non-linear levels. Collect crystals and keys to uncover the dark story behind a biohazard outbreak, and choose your playstyle wisely to unlock multiple game endings. Can you run, shoot, and outlast the undead horde?
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Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Darkenstein 3D.
Finish the hunt in this epic finale to the Turok Trilogy. Pick up immediately after the events of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, with dual protagonists Joseph and Danielle Fireseed, of the Turok family tree, as they battle the titular antagonist Oblivion and its followers, the Flesh Eaters.
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Only Lead Can Stop Them
Single-player alternative to Darkenstein 3D — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darkenstein 3D.
Boot up your 486 and launch olcst.exe for this retro fps from an alternate 1990's. Descend into the madness of the Spanish Civil War fighting vicious fascist forces and supernatural monsters. Conquer three action packed episodes wielding machine guns, rifles, flamethrowers and explosives.
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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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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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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.