Single-player games like The Surge
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to The Surge, 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 Surge 2
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.
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WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Surge.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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Mortal Shell
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
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Ghostrunner
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Surge.
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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Void Sols
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
An Oni Gauntlet-wielding samurai makes a stand in Kyoto against the encroaching Genma menace. Through gritty, blood-soaked brawls, he searches for his reason to fight. What fate awaits at the end of his path?
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Hellpoint
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Surge.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Metroidvania
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new paths through a mysterious world.
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Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
In solo or co-op, experience Reign of Sand, the ultimate version of Atlas Fallen. Ride the sands of a timeless land and defeat legendary monsters in spectacular Action-RPG combat using devastating powers.
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Venetica - Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
In a fantastical Venice, The Corpus are deceived by a cunning necromancer. Transformed into an undead fiend, the conniving imposter is hell-bent on destroying the reinstated Death and the council of Corpus. Only Scarlett, the daughter of Death, can stand in his way.
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Black Sails - The Ghost Ship
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Best played with the lights turned off and the volume turned up, Black Sails is a creepy and mysterious point-and-click adventure game.Two survivors of a shipwreck try to survive in the raging sea. Until another ship appears. Hoping for rescue, they are calling, but nobody answers. They manage to go on board. Will this be their rescue?
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Ankh - Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sneak into the pharaoh's pyramid and meet up with Assil and his crew of crazy friends. Just as the party starts to get hot, a silly accident turns life upside down! Help Assil reverse the curse!
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Jack Keane
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Colonial England. Under a certain amount of duress... Jack takes on a job, which will not only cause him a great deal of trouble, but also bring to light the answer to a mystery out of his distant past. A lack of money leads Jack to accept a charter to take a British secret agent to mysterious 'Tooth Island'.