Single-player games like Daikatana
Below are 13 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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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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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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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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STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire.
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Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
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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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
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Project: Snowblind
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game. An augmented super-soldier must stop a renegade regime from eradicating the civilized world. Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Daikatana.
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.
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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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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
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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UNREAL LIFE
Single-player alternative to Daikatana — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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