Single-player games like Shelf Life 2
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shelf Life 2, 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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Shelf Life
Single-player alternative to Shelf Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shelf Life 2.
Shelf Life is an action FPS set in a near future conglomerate, that will seem eerily familiar if you spend your time around online dumpster fires. Use your arsenal of weapons to shoot, burn and fungible-ize your way through the Edison facility fighting a lizardy hostile takeover.
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Wall
Single-player alternative to Shelf Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shelf Life 2.
A short narrative adventure about friendship, loneliness, and staring at surfaces for meaning. Join your personal upright companion through an exploration into what it means to be Human, and what it means to be Wall.
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PHOBOS: PSYCHODEATH 狂死
Single-player alternative to Shelf Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shelf Life 2.
PSYCHEDELIC HORROR SHOOTER!
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Deadlink
Single-player alternative to Shelf Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shelf Life 2.
Get ready to put a sizable dent in the profits of megacorporations in Deadlink, a guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with roguelite elements. Your mission is to conduct covert ops while piloting a humanoid combat shell. And no, "covert" doesn’t mean "quiet."
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TYRONE vs COPS
Single-player alternative to Shelf Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shelf Life 2.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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The American Dream
Single-player alternative to Shelf Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shelf Life 2.
Look down the barrel of a future where all your everyday needs are solved with guns.
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THE CORRIDOR
Single-player alternative to Shelf Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shelf Life 2.
THE CORRIDOR is a 20-30 minute experience about the relationship between player and game.
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TYRONE vs COPS VR
Single-player alternative to Shelf Life 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shelf Life 2.
Sip lean and shoot cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America... Fully reimagined for VR!