Single-player games like Volume
Below are 18 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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The Swindle
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.
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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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The Masterplan
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
Tactical squad-based heist game set in 1970s. The 2D top-down view gives you a great overview of what's happening at any given moment, allowing you to be a real criminal mastermind. Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind?
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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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Invisible, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
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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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Perfect Heist 2
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Volume.
Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!
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Ghostrunner
Single-player alternative to Volume — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Volume.
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
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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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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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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.