Single-player games like Kvark
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Kvark, 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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DEAD TRASH
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
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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ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
A former special forces operative is sent to uncover a government cover-up tied to a secret viral experiment. As he explores a hidden underground lab and tracks the last two survivors, he realizes the facility conceals even darker secrets.
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VLADiK BRUTAL
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kvark.
Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces.
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ODDCORE
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kvark.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
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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SharpShooter3D
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kvark.
SharpShooter3D is a first-person subculture shooter in the best old school traditions. Burn! Destroy! Kill! Kill! Kill!
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Mohrta
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kvark.
Mohrta is a nonlinear FPS adventure through the strange and otherworldly. Explore a vast selection of unique environments, slay an enormous cast of bizarre creatures, and upgrade your arsenal of multifaceted weapons.
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Bloodshed
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kvark.
Bloodshed is a Roguelite Survivors FPS; an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action!
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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Wolfenstein 3D
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
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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Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
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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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
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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HROT
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kvark.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to Kvark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kvark.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.