Single-player games like Japanese Psycho
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Japanese Psycho, 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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HYPER DEMON
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Japanese Psycho.
HYPER DEMON is an FPS like no other. a pearl of lightning. a dream from the future. a drop of poison. a swan song. The faster you slay demons, the harder the game and the higher your score. There is an end. Will it see you?
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Japanese Psycho.
Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Japanese Psycho.
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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Devil Daggers
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.
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Monday Night Combat
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter… and the most popular lethal sport of the future!
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Starward
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Japanese Psycho.
Starward is a 3D fighting game that integrates mecha girls and classic GVG combat gameplay, with 1V1 and 2V2 mode as the core gameplay.
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Strike Vector
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Japanese Psycho.
"Strike Vector is gorgeous shooter with strong mechanics and lots of customisation" 7.7/10 – IGN"it more than makes up for by being a gorgeous, intensely competitive experience that matches its aesthetic appeal with pure shooter satisfaction"– 7.
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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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Smoking Simulator
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Have you ever wanted to relax and have a good smoke in an atmospheric village? Then you are exactly at the right place - take a drag on your cigarette and go ahead and explore our wonderful world.
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Red Eye
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Red Eye is an adrenaline-pumping runner game that combines the excitement of endless running with the thrill of demon hunting. Are you ready to face the forces of hell and emerge victorious?
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Street Cleaner Simulator
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Have you ever dreamed of cleaning the streets? This game is for you
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Prison Fights Simulator
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Prison Fights Simulator - a game about survival in a brutal prison, fight until you kill everyone or die, no one relaxes in the prison!
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Poseidon
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Poseidon wants to return his beloved golden sharks back to the Greek seas, go to a small island and help God find his subjects!)
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Cybernated
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Japanese Psycho.
Near future, state security special agent E-9 is sent on the most difficult operation of her career - to track down and eliminate the head of terrorist hackers, however, in the process it turns out that not everything is as simple as it seems... Hack&slash adventure game.
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Soviet Village
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Japanese Psycho.
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
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Drunken Wolf
Single-player alternative to Japanese Psycho — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Japanese Psycho.
During a hangover, the wolf always hunts anime girls. No one can escape from the wolf. Wolf simulator with innovative VFX drunkenness effect. Eat all anime girls.