Single-player games like Red Dead Redemption
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Red Dead Redemption, 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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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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GUN™
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
When life robs Colton White of all that matters, the only thing left he can trust is his GUN. From award-winning developer, Neversoft, and accomplished screenwriter, Randall Jahnson (The Mask of Zorro, The Doors), GUN follows Colton on his quest for discovery as he seeks to exact vengeful justice on those who have wronged him.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
You're the Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter on a mission to bag the ultimate prize. And you need that money like no one else because there is something very wrong with your health and the only way to fix it is a very costly operation.
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Vivat Slovakia
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Vivat Slovakia is an open-world action game set in '90s Slovakia, where corruption runs deep and law enforcement is weak. Uncover a gripping story based on true events as you explore and shoot your way through a city at the crossroads of Eastern Europe’s turbulent history.
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The Sinking City Remastered
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Resident Evil 3
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
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Far Cry 3
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!
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Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s. After a couple of cops frame him for homicide, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.
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Grand Theft Auto III
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began. With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti’s tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.
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Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Red Dead Redemption — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Dead Redemption.
It all starts in Liberty City. With revolutionary freedom to go anywhere and jack anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the center of the criminal underworld at your fingertips, if you have enough guts to take it.