Single-player games like El Matador
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to El Matador, 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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Max Payne 3
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.
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Global Ops: Commando Libya
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
An atom bomb has landed in the hands of terrorists, the threat of an attack… and only you can prevent a catastrophe!
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Alpha Prime
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
Somewhere in deep space, at an apparently abandoned mining base on the asteriod Alpha Prime, something has gone terribly wrong. Miners were warned that the hubbardium they were mining was too dangerous, but the lure of unimaginable wealth was too strong.
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My Friend Pedro
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
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Chaser
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
Mars, 2044. The UN establishes MARSCORP (Martian Security and Economics Committee) under the leadership of Samuel Longwood. In the years that follow, the UN gradually loses control of MARSCORP, mainly due to the non-transparent licence policy of its director.
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NIRO
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
NIRO is a single-player stealth action game set in the jungles of asia. Track down and eliminate your targets deep into enemy territories and sabotage heavy guarded military bases with all the tools at your disposal. Upgrade your skills and experience this escapading campaign of shadows and fire!
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Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
THE OLD WEST, 1864. In order to save their family, the McCall brothers will kill anyone who stands between them and the legendary Gold of Juarez.
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)
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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Single-player alternative to El Matador — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with El Matador.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.