Single-player games like Heretic + Hexen
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Heretic + Hexen, 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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DOOM + DOOM II
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
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Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
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HeXen II
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
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Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
When outlaws murdered your wife and took your daughter, everything you had was gone. Your gut aches for blood and sweet revenge. Dyin's too good for 'em now!
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Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!
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Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
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Wolfenstein 3D
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
World War II rages. The Nazis are planning to build an unstoppable, mutant army. On a mission to steal the secret plans, you were captured and imprisoned. Now, a lucky break gives you the chance to escape, but a maze of passages and trigger-happy Nazis stand in your way.
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Quake II
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
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Spear of Destiny
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
It's World War II and you are B.J. Blazkowicz, the Allies' most valuable agent. In the midst of the German Blitzkrieg, the Spear that pierced the side of Christ is taken from Versailles by the Nazis and secured in the impregnable Castle Wolfenstein. According to legend, no man can be defeated when he has the Spear.
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Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Heretic + Hexen.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
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Quake III Arena
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.
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Realms of the Haunting
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Forged in the Beginning and protected by the Seven Seals, there lies a place where thought and creation intertwine. The center for all realms of existence, it is the balancing force between good and evil, man and spirit. A focal point for all energies, and the one element that has kept the consuming nature of darkness at bay... Until now.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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DOOM Eternal
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
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DOOM: The Dark Ages
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.
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RAGE 2
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
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RAGE
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
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DOOM 3
Single-player alternative to Heretic + Hexen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.