Single-player games like NO BACKUP
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to NO BACKUP, 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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Nemesis: Distress
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with NO BACKUP.
NEMESIS DISTRESS is a unique multiplayer Sci-Fi horror experience that aims at creating unforgettable, cinematic moments. Remember – this is NOT a shooter, in Nemesis you are not the hunter. You are the PREY.
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CRYO
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...
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The Lost
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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The Other Side
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
The Other Side is a co-op psychological thriller for up to 6 players. Your goal is to investigate haunted locations using modern ghost hunting equipment, gather evidence, identify entities, and cleanse them from the location. Customize your character, headquarters, and more.
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Paranormal Cleanup
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NO BACKUP.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Killing Floor 3
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NO BACKUP.
It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NO BACKUP.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Ready or Not
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
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PANICORE
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
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It Mimics
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
"It Mimics" is a short indie horror game heavily inspired by the original Slender The Eight Pages game. Step into the shoes of an unknown protagonist, collect the eight pages, and survive being followed by something lurking in the woods.
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Schedule I
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.