Single-player games like chemical
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to chemical, 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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Exovoid
Single-player alternative to chemical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with chemical.
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The Forge: Steel Frontier
Single-player alternative to chemical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with chemical.
The Forge is a mech-combat sci-fi action game. Step into the cockpit as mercenary pilot Ivan and fight alongside a mech with a soul—Machine Spirit. Dormant Dragon holds a strange and rare mineral. When wolves come for the ore, you and your mech must choose, and planet's fate hangs in the balance.
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Myrne 6313
Single-player alternative to chemical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with chemical.
Myrne 6313 is a mix between the extraction shooter genre and corporate life. Survive an hostile office space where each step can be your last. Help HR find their stapler, get chased by security dogs, clear your inbox, fight cultists in the parking lot, learn magic… And more!
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Horizons Light
Single-player alternative to chemical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with chemical.
A luxury deep-space vacation cruiser is mysteriously drawn off course and crash-lands on an uncharted multi-world orbiting within a strange gravitational anomaly. The vessel is shattered across floating islands suspended above a glowing abyss. Find the survivors and get out of this world.
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Alien Weapon Test Grounds
Single-player alternative to chemical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with chemical.
Alien weapons with unique physics await in this fast-paced FPS. Battle waves of enemies across diverse landscapes, lighting, and weather. Beware the unstable space-time continuum.
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A journey through shadow, to Reach the light.
Single-player alternative to chemical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with chemical.
Survive a dark world full of creatures and deadly machines. Explore creepy places, uncover secrets, and fight to escape, all while every word spoken is a poem. Will you break free or be lost in the darkness?
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Void Sanction
Single-player alternative to chemical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with chemical.
A sci-fi action RPG. Battle alien hordes with fast-paced combat, evolving weapons, and a combat drone companion. Upgrade your arsenal, defeat challenging bosses, and explore a hostile alien world.
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Crysis Warhead®
Single-player alternative to chemical — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with chemical.
Pulse-racing new installment from 2007's PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war.