Single-player games like Daikatana
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Daikatana, 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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SiN Gold
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
SiN: Gold has returned! Free update for original owners!
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Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
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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HeXen II
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.
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Strife: Veteran Edition
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996.
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TimeShift™
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Master time to become the ultimate weapon! Dr. Aiden Krone has made a Time Jump across the space-time continuum - a reckless act with frightening consequences. Now, a disturbing alternate reality has evolved within the bleak and rain-soaked Alpha District.
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Turok
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.
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Ion Fury
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
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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Quake
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
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 Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
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 Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
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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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Having defeated the Campaigner, Turok throws the Chronocepter into a waiting volcano to destroy it. Unfortunately the blast awakens an even deadlier force - The Primagen. Once again a Turok is tasked with restoring peace to the land and stopping the Primagen from merging Earth with the nether world.
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THE QUIET MAN™
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
THE QUIET MAN™ delivers an immersive story driven cinematic action experience seamlessly blending high-production live action, realistic CG and pulse-pounding action gameplay.
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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Play as Gollum on his quest to retrieve his Precious. You will need to climb the mountains of Mordor, sneak around Mirkwood and make difficult choices. Who will gain the upper hand: the cunning Gollum or the innocent Smeagol?