Single-player games like KARNAL
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to KARNAL, 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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Phonkside Killers
Single-player alternative to KARNAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with KARNAL.
Blast your way through zombie soldiers, succubus demons and floating cultist monks to escape this horror tape straight out of the 90s. Explore a dark world full of supernatural forces, rizz some hot baddies and uncover the secrets of the occult.
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Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
Single-player alternative to KARNAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with KARNAL.
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.
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DUSK
Single-player alternative to KARNAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with KARNAL.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
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CULTIC
Single-player alternative to KARNAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with KARNAL.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
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GAL VS VILLAGE
Single-player alternative to KARNAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with KARNAL.
GAL VS VILLAGE is an GAL like old-school FPS. You play as Kessenji “Blood-sucker” Yui, infiltrate the village, and must bring the situation under control. Move at high speed, swing your knife, blast away with the shotgun, and drive away the supernatural!!!!!!
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Single-player alternative to KARNAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with KARNAL.
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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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Single-player alternative to KARNAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with KARNAL.
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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Anomalous
Single-player alternative to KARNAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with KARNAL.
A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music