Single-player games like Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Assassin’s Creed Shadows, 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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Assassin's Creed Mirage
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Become a deadly Master Assassin in this action-adventure game. Explore the streets of ninth-century Baghdad through the eyes of Basim. Take down your targets while seeking justice as part of the Hidden Ones.
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
The iconic solo pirate adventure returns. Sail the Caribbean as Edward Kenway during the Golden Age of Piracy in this faithfully enhanced remake featuring stunning visuals, upgraded gameplay, and new content.
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Nioh 3
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
An Oni Gauntlet-wielding samurai makes a stand in Kyoto against the encroaching Genma menace. Through gritty, blood-soaked brawls, he searches for his reason to fight. What fate awaits at the end of his path?
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Rise of the Ronin
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Embark on an epic journey across war-torn 19th-century Japan in this open-world action RPG from Team NINJA, the veteran studio behind "Nioh" and "NINJA GAIDEN."
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
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Dishonored 2
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Thief
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America. 150 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.
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Assassin's Creed® Origins
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Explore Ancient Egypt in this action-adventure game. Battle powerful enemies, unveil conspiracies, and discover the origin story of the Assassin’s Brotherhood.
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Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.
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Far Cry® 4
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of dictator Pagan Min.
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Far Cry 3
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
In this action-adventure game, set sail for Ancient Greece to alter its fate. Fight in visceral battles on land and sea, shape your destiny from outcast to legend, and uncover secrets of your past.
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FOR HONOR™
Single-player alternative to Assassin’s Creed Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Fight alone or with friends in For Honor, a third-person hero-based melee fighting game. Enter the chaos of war as a Knight, a Viking, a Samurai, a Wu Lin, or an Outlander. Fight in brutal PvP and team-oriented modes, or play the thrilling story campaign.