Single-player games like Spirits of Xanadu
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Spirits of Xanadu, 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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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
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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Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
Experience an unforgettable adventure in space and time. Explore new worlds, face Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels and join two Doctors on an epic quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new threat in this first-person narrative adventure.
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Star Wars Outlaws
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars™ game and explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spirits of Xanadu.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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STARDROP
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Aphelion
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
Hunted on a frozen planet, astronaut Ariane must brave rugged landscapes and shifting realities to rescue her wounded partner, Thomas. This action-packed sci-fi adventure blends exploration, traversal, and tense stealth gameplay.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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BioShock™
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spirits of Xanadu.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spirits of Xanadu.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spirits of Xanadu.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Spirits of Xanadu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spirits of Xanadu.
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.