Single-player games like The Sinking City 2
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Sinking City 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like The Sinking City 2 page.
Ranked picks
- 1
The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 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.
- 2
Death Relives
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
Get ready to see life through the eyes of a young man trying to escape Xipe Totec an ancient deity venerated across Mesoamerican civilizations and later embraced by the Aztecs. A chaotic experience full of horror and survival mechanics awaits.
- 3
Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
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.
- 4
Resident Evil 3
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Sinking City 2.
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.
- 5
Saturnalia
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its labyrinthine roads will change each time you lose all your characters.
- 6
Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
- 7
Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
- 8
Sniper Elite 5
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.
- 9
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
- 10
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
- 11
The Sinking City Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
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.
- 12
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
- 13
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!
- 14
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
- 15
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
- 16
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Single-player alternative to The Sinking City 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sinking City 2.
The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.