Single-player games like Quake
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Quake, 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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Quake II
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
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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DOOM + DOOM II
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
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Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
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DOOM II
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action.
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Heretic + Hexen
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
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DUSK
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
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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AMID EVIL
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
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Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
While the Sidhe elf Corvus battled the evil forces of D'Sparil, the remaining Serpent Riders were busy corrupting other dimensions. As a Warrior, Mage, or Cleric, you must defend your realm of Cronos from the second Serpent Rider known as Korax.
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Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
After defeating Shub-Niggurath, you arrive back at your home base on Earth, but it's not all blue skies and butterflies. Apparently, not all QUAKE forces have been subdued. Chaos ensues as you blast your way through the QUAKE minions and toward the infested gateway. Your only choice is to find the source of evil and shut it down.
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Warframe
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
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Shadow Warrior
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
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Ziggurat
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
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DOOM Eternal
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
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.
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DOOM: The Dark Ages
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.
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RAGE 2
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
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RAGE
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
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DOOM 3
Single-player alternative to Quake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Quake.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.