Single-player games like MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, 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 MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
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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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
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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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
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Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Captain Wayne is an intense, fast-action Retro Shooter about a sailor with a SHOTGUN for an ARM!! With a cartoony, hand-drawn art style and gory gameplay, you'll have to mow down enemies through 8 action-packed locales to take back what's yours. ARE YOU READY TO RAISE ANCHOR?
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Project Warlock
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.
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Dread Templar
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
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Fashion Police Squad
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Even at this moment, our fashionable city is under assault. Baggy pants, dull suits, sightings of socks with sandals. A message needs to be sent, and it needs to be sent in style... Time to serve some good ol' Fashion Justice!
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Selaco
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
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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Bad Cheese
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Bad Cheese is a psychological horror inspired by the eerie charm of 1920s animation. Step into the tiny paws of a mouse spending the weekend at home with a dysfunctional Dad while Mom's away. Be on your best behavior and KEEP DADDY HAPPY.
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Fallen Aces
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
The A.C.E.S. Once the watchful guardians of Switchblade City - are being taken down, one by one. Now it's up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks like it's right outta the comics.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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We Happy Few
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
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Orbit Outlaws
Single-player alternative to MOUSE: P.I. For Hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MOUSE: P.I. For Hire.
Orbit Outlaws is the definitive physics-based arena combat game. Use gravity to pull off impossible shots in competitive and casual multiplayer. Choose your gun, chassis, and pilot, then upgrade and optimize your loadout as you progress against rival pilots.