Single-player games like Intravenous 2
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Intravenous 2, 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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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Intravenous 2.
Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.
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Intravenous
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
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NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Intravenous 2.
Using Unreal Engine 5 to significantly enhance graphic expression, this is the definitive version of "NINJA GAIDEN 2," featuring additional playable characters and enhanced battle support functions.
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PAYDAY 2
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
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HITMAN™ 2
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Intravenous 2.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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Kusan: City of Wolves
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.
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Trepang2
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
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METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Intravenous 2.
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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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Intravenous 2.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Intravenous 2.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
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HITMAN™
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intravenous 2.
There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.
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Thief
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Intravenous 2.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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Game Dev Studio
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Intravenous 2.
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
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Intravenous 3: Borderline
Single-player alternative to Intravenous 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Intravenous 2.
Tense stealth action, tactical hardcore gunplay, and missions & story shaped by the way you play. Step into the shoes of Gideon, a feared mercenary with nothing left to lose, and carve a bloody path of revenge through deep systemic stealth and brutal tactical gunplay.