Single-player games like Descent
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Descent, 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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Descent 2
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
More pulse-pounding 360° action blasting through tunnels with six degrees of freedom.
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Overload
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever.
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Descent 3
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
The vertigo continues as the highly anticipated sequel to Descent I and II takes the mind-bending, pulse-pounding experience to another level!
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Desecrators
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
Desecrators is a retro six-degrees-of-freedom shooter set in a 41st-century galaxy where outlaw hovercraft pilots plunder deep-space installations. Loot destructive weapons and powerful upgrades to take on the ultimate heist: the legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.
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Freespace 2
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
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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Quake
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
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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Shattered Horizon
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
Experience zero gravity space combat in this innovative FPS. Now includes the Last Stand pack: play all game modes in single player with bots.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Descent.
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.