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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Mortal Shell II
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Surge.
Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.
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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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SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
SD Gundam Battle Alliance is a multiplayer Gundam action RPG where you can smash foes solo or with friends in thrilling mechanized combat. Acquire new mobile suits, power them up, and take them into battle in various missions!
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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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Blade of Darkness
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
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Nioh 3
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Surge.
In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.
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ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Surge.
A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.
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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 Maker
Single-player alternative to The Surge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Surge.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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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'.