Single-player games like The Ritual
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Ritual, 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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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to The Ritual — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ritual.
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.
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Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Single-player alternative to The Ritual — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ritual.
Join Johnny Gat & Kinzie Kensington as you tear apart Hell in a quest to save the Boss’ soul. Historical icons, old friends, older enemies, a talking gun, a full length musical number & a whole lot more shenanigans await!
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Red Faction®: Armageddon™
Single-player alternative to The Ritual — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ritual.
Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements!
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to The Ritual — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ritual.
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.
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Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player alternative to The Ritual — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ritual.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to The Ritual — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ritual.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Resident Evil 5
Single-player alternative to The Ritual — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ritual.
This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
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Dead Space (2008)
Single-player alternative to The Ritual — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ritual.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.