Single-player games like Neural Shock
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Neural Shock, 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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Star Ronin
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neural Shock.
Star Ronin is a top-down ARPG game set in the far future. Your family, indebted to a massive megacorporation, must use all of its skills to survive.
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The Rift Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Neural Shock.
The Rift is a tower defense game with elements of RPG gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. Enemies from an alternate universe are attacking and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building defensive towers.
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Robot Rhapsody
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Neural Shock.
A turn-based RPG following Selva, a retired mercenary; Aurum, a poetic "robot bard"; and allies including engineers, luddite artists, and survivors fighting back against AI-controlled "utopias". Recruit machines to your side, upgrade with salvaged tech, & explore bizarre pockets of human resistance.
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Deus Ex Remastered
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Neural Shock.
This is Deus Ex Remastered – the definitive version of Ion Storm’s legendary cyberpunk immersive sim, modernized with visual upgrades, modern enhancements, and quality-of-life improvements for a new generation of operatives.
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Disjunction
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neural Shock.
In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.
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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Neural Shock.
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
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BLADECHIMERA
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neural Shock.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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The Ascent
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neural Shock.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Neural Shock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Neural Shock.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.