Single-player games like Genotype
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Genotype, 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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Starway: BaRaider
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Genotype.
This is a sci-fi VR action shooting game. Mechanical frenzy is coming! Players have to teleport to survive from thousands of bullets.
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B3
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
B3 will be a first-person VR shooter where you have to defend your base from waves of attacking monsters.
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Project Coreward
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genotype.
Embark on an open world journey across the stars while encountering foes, friends and forgotten stories. Build your ship. Recruit and train your crew. Most of all, explore and confront the unknown to reveal the true, vast nature of choice and consequence.
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System Critical: The Race Against Time
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
Fun and challenging retro style run and gun platform shooter. Blast your arm cannon, use grenades, shields, and melee weapons, dodge projectiles and make your way through the carefully crafted levels. Discover secret areas and destroy objects while navigating obstacles and defeat bosses to progress
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Half-Life: Alyx
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
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Salvage Op
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Genotype.
Engage in a series of Salvage Operations on deep space vessels which have been overrun. This virtual reality shooter uses a teleport mechanic which is friendly to those with motion sickness. Wield multiple weapons, interact with objects, and overcome your fears with a head mounted flashlight as you explore multiple challenging levels.
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Vertigo 2
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.
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Aeon
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
A primitive god in ancient Greek mythology who controls time, is resurrected in the virtual world, Inspired by "The Matrix" and "Deadpool" (remember,the slower you move the slow time goes）
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Genotype.
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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BioShock™
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Genotype.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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The Nothing
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Genotype.
The Nothing is a surreal and atmospheric action game with a new aesthetic, procedurally generated elements and perma-death - Designed for multiple short "runs", with endings based on the route you've chosen and the actions you've taken.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Red Matter 2
Single-player alternative to Genotype — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Genotype.
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.