Single-player games like Volume
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Volume, 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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Contract Work
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
Contract Work is a cyberpunk action rogue-like where you infiltrate high-rises to steal corporate secrets. Do you go in guns blazing or take a more stealthy approach? Every contract earns you credits which you use to buy new cybernetic enhancements and modifications for your next mission.
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ULTRATORO
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
Drive at full speed in donut-shaped worlds. Your car is a hacking device and your mission is to destroy the biggest megacorporation on the planet. Experience an adrenaline filed arcade-like experience in the story mode or unleash your creativity with the level editor and community made maps.
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TROJAN
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
Trojan is a stealth game in which you have to extract a file from a damaged system. Sneak through the levels and avoid enemy attacks to get the file and finish the level.
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UNDETECTED
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Volume.
Stealth your way through the shadows and uncover a corporate conspiracy. Become a cyber-augmented agent in this gameplay-focused stealth game that brings classic sneaking to the modern era.
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Distance
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Volume.
You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
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ION Shift
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.
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Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
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Thomas Was Alone
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Volume.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
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The Journey Down: Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Volume.
The Journey Down is a point-and-click series with an Afro-Caribbean twist. Get ready to embark on a journey of exploration, mystery and grave danger - but also a journey of warmth, friendship and love.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Volume.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
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Tails Noir
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Volume.
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Volume.
The fourth game in the METAL GEAR series: set over two incidents in 2007 and 2009, featuring Solid Snake and Raiden, introducing new stealth gameplay features.
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METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Volume.
The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Volume.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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The Solitaire Conspiracy
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Volume.
We need your help, Spymaster. Join a world of near-future spies and take on a supervillain in this supercharged take on classic Solitaire. Precision engineered for replayable espionage action.
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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Volume.
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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John Wick Hex
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Volume.
John Wick Hex is a fast-paced, action-oriented strategy game that makes you think and strike like John Wick, the professional hitman of the critically acclaimed film franchise.
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Tron: Identity
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Volume.
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
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TRON: Catalyst
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Volume.
Dive back into Disney's iconic TRON universe and explore the Arq Grid, a server on the brink of collapse. Meet new and interesting characters, influence warring factions, and unlock intriguing mysteries as you immerse yourself in this thrilling all-new TRON storyline.