Single-player games like ROOT
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to ROOT, 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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Skin Deep
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROOT.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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Hard Reset Redux
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROOT.
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.
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Deadlink
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Get ready to put a sizable dent in the profits of megacorporations in Deadlink, a guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with roguelite elements. Your mission is to conduct covert ops while piloting a humanoid combat shell. And no, "covert" doesn’t mean "quiet."
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SiN Episodes: Emergence
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROOT.
You are John Blade, commander of HardCorps, an elite security force dedicated to protecting the people of Freeport City. Four years have passed since your first battle with Elexis Sinclaire, a beautiful, brilliant, and ruthless scientist who is out to remake humanity according to her own twisted vision.
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Ghostrunner
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROOT.
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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TRON 2.0
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROOT.
Over 35 levels of challenging gameplay -- Race at the speed of light, fight off computer Viruses and engage in violent digital combat.
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Chaser
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROOT.
Mars, 2044. The UN establishes MARSCORP (Martian Security and Economics Committee) under the leadership of Samuel Longwood. In the years that follow, the UN gradually loses control of MARSCORP, mainly due to the non-transparent licence policy of its director.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROOT.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Severed Steel
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROOT.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ROOT.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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DEADLOCK
Single-player alternative to ROOT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROOT.
Physically dodge attacks while grooving to the thumping soundtrack in this neon arcade shooter. Can you free your system from the attacks of a crazed hacker and his digital army, or will it all end in DEADLOCK...