Single-player games like Mad Max
Below are 24 single-player Steam games similar to Mad Max, 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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ZombieVan Drive
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
ZombieVan Drive is an arcade survival game in which you have to drive ZombieVan to exterminate zombies on the road.
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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
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FUMES
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!
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The Long Drive
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.
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Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
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Drive 4 Survival
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!
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CyberTaxi
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mad Max.
CyberTaxi is an action-packed driving first-person shooter and taxi simulator set in a grim vision of the future. You play as a cab driver who works in a dark-noir Hindenburg city and strives to escape this hellish location.
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Concept Destruction
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Concept Destruction is a demolition derby sandbox with miniature cars made of cardboard. Crash them into each other to earn points by destroying other vehicles. Pick a car model and crash other concept cars to begin mass production!
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
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Days Gone
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
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Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Discover Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013. Command your ship, hunt Templars and carve your legend as Edward Kenway across the Caribbean's Golden Age of Piracy.
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Wasteland Remastered
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The RPG classic rises from the nuclear ashes! Wasteland Remastered is an overhaul of the 1988 title that brought the post-apocalypse to video games. See where the Wasteland series began and experience the character and world the sequels are built on.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
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Sleeping Dogs
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Just Cause™ 3
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.
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Just Cause 2
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
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Just Cause 4 Reloaded
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!
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RAGE 2
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mad Max.
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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Just Cause
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Your world...Your rules!
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theHunter: Primal
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Hunt - Explore - SurviveThe most realistic prehistoric survival game ever created. Featuring a huge Cretaceous environment populated by horrifying dinosaur all-stars, such as T-Rex, Triceratops, Utahraptor, Velociraptor and Quetzalcoatlus.
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Renegade Ops
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
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theHunter Classic
Single-player alternative to Mad Max — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
The most realistic hunting experience awaits. Explore 12 reserves and hunt 45 unique species, ranging from waterfowl to big game. Over 100 weapons from state-of-the art rifles to bows. Customize your load-out with stands, blinds and dogs. Play alone or in multiplayer with up to 7 friends.