Single-player games like Prison Wars
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Prison Wars, 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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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
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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SUPERHOT
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.
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Call of Duty®: Black Ops
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prison Wars.
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
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Far Cry 3
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prison Wars.
Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
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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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prison Wars.
(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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Wolfenstein: The New Order
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prison Wars.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
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Metro Exodus
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prison Wars.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
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CATACOMBS: The Beginning
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
Catacombs: The Beginning - is an excellent 3D shooter where you have to survive in the catacombs overfull of various monsters.
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UNRESTRAINED
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
UNRESTRAINED - is a great 3D horror game in which you have to survive in a mental hospital, playing as a reporter named Carl.
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Taste of War
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
Taste of War - is a hardcore 3D shooter with surviving elements where you play as the last survived soldier against different Kiborgs.
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The Last Hike
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
The Last Hike - is an excellent 2D adventure game, with elements of survival, in which you need to resist the ancient evil, playing as a knight named Richard.
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INVASION
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
INVASION - is the simplest 3D shooter with surviving elements in which you must survive on an unknown planet.
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THE CURE
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
THE CURE - is a hardcore 3D shooter with surviving elements where you must survive in zombie apocalypse.
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GHOST HUNTER
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison Wars.
GHOST HUNTER - is the simplest 3D shooter with horror elements where you will have to fight with different ghosts!
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Gold Rush
Single-player alternative to Prison Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison Wars.
Gold Rush - is the simplest 2D game in which you have to overcome various traps and look for treasures.