Single-player games like Hard Time III
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Hard Time III, 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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Old School
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hard Time III.
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...
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Hard Time
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hard Time III.
The toughest prison sim in the yard has been locked back up to serve another sentence in 2D!
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Wrestling Empire
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hard Time III.
The lightweight champion of wrestling comes full circle with higher resolution visuals and a smoother frame rate - whilst still retaining the retro style that puts the fun first! Now featuring whole other booking & roaming modes at no extra cost for the biggest Triple Threat in wrestling.
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Extra Lives
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hard Time III.
See how long you can survive in a world full of brainless zombies and heartless humans! Find your place among hundreds of other characters spread across several warring factions, and battle to reclaim every corner of a sprawling city in real-time.
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Infinite Lives
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hard Time III.
Explore infinite possibilities with INFINITE LIVES - where superhumans and subhumans fight for control of the ultimate shared universe! Bursting into the 3rd dimension brings new powers with unprecedented freedom, in a vicious cycle that never ends...
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Party Hard
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hard Time III.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
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Grand Theft Auto III
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hard Time III.
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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Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard Time III.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hard Time III.
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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Wrestling Revolution 3D
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hard Time III.
The original 3D wrestling sim takes you either side of the curtain in one epic shared universe - where you can either take shots in the ring as a wrestler or call the shots backstage as a booker!
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Wrestling Revolution 2D
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hard Time III.
The original 2D wrestling sim brings the revolution to your desktop - where it now includes BOTH sides of the business in one epic universe!
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The You Testament: The 2D Coming
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hard Time III.
This 2D remake of the biblical epic puts YOU on the scene of each story, where you can either repeat history or rewrite it! Follow in the footsteps of a prophet as he seeks to enlighten the masses, and find your place among them as the struggle to survive tests your faith...
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Weekend Warriors MMA
Single-player alternative to Hard Time III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Hard Time III.
The engine behind 3D wrestling brings the revolution to MMA, where real resistance challenges you to survive each round! Embark on a career to climb the ranks at 5 unique promotions with their own weight classes, or become the boss in the sport's 1st fully playable "Promoter" mode.