Single-player games like DEADBOLT
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to DEADBOLT, 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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Gun Rage
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Gun Rage is an old-school, fast-paced, side-scrolling run and gun, with 16-bit era graphics, inspired by greatest classic games of the genre.
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Dead eat dead
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
This is a retro style 2D pixel art survival adventure shooter. You control a character armed with a shotgun and grenades. You need to search level for supplies and keys to open locked doors. You can push and move boxes and fuel barrels located on game levels.
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Sword With Sauce
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEADBOLT.
Sword With Sauce is a fast-paced stealth-action game where you pick weapons, gadgets, and a playstyle to eliminate enemies. Go in loud or stay unseen—it's your choice.
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Trepang2
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
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GARAGE: Bad Trip
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.
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12 is Better Than 6
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
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Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEADBOLT.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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RONIN
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.
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Gunpoint
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
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SUPERHOT
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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ULTRAKILL
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
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Intravenous
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Risk of Rain Returns
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEADBOLT.
Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.