Single-player games like Putrefaction
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Putrefaction, 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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BLOODKILL: Goreblast Overkill
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Putrefaction.
BRUTAL shooter focused on action, gore, and old school death metal music. Unleash your overpowered arsenal to goreblast hordes of ferocious beasts on your way through ancient dark forest.
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BLOODKILL
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Putrefaction.
BRUTAL First Person Shooter focused on action, gore, and exploration. Fueled by adrenaline-pumping trap-metal soundtrack.
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CARNAGE OFFERING
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Putrefaction.
Ultra fast-paced sci-fi FPS where you battle waves of robots and genetically engineered creatures. Upgrade your arsenal, unleash explosive physics, and survive relentless combat.
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DooM in the Dark 2
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Putrefaction.
The space station suffered an unknown infection from space, the previously unknown X virus mutates, almost the entire crew of the station is infected, you need to stop the army of mutants until they break through to Earth and the judgment day begins!
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Quake 4
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Putrefaction.
As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.
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Shotgun n Zombies
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Putrefaction.
A strange fog rise up. You grabbed your shotgun when you heard a voice outside. Wtf Zombies. Try to stay alive for 5 minutes and kill them all to win and unlock next difficulty level.
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Putrefaction.
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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Putrefaction 2: Void Walker
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Putrefaction.
Putrefaction 2: Void Walker is fast-paced, hardcore, arcade FPS, inspired by old-school shooters.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Putrefaction.
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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Painkiller
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Putrefaction.
The classic Painkiller series is back! Battle through Purgatory in fast-paced co-op action, wielding infernal weapons against relentless demonic hordes. Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?
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DOOM 3
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Putrefaction.
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.
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Putrefaction.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Putrefaction.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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Gedonia
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Gedonia is a classic open world rpg, featuring a complete freedom of building your character, exploring a huge world and completing quests.
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Gedonia 2
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Gedonia 2 is an online coop RPG, which allows up to 4 players to freely explore living open world and build absolutely unique characters. An expanded and improved sequel for RPG Gedonia.
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Galaxy Squad
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
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The Tape
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Putrefaction.
The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.
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Envy the Dead
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.
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Putrefaction 2: Rumble in the hometown
Single-player alternative to Putrefaction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Putrefaction.
Putrefaction 2: Rumble in the hometown is a stand-alone campaign for Putrefaction 2: Void Walker, with new levels and enemies to fight. You can play this game without purchasing original Putrefaction 2.