Single-player games like DEADBOLT
Below are 17 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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Party Hard
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
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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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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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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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CARRION
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
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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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Zombie Night Terror
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.
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APE OUT
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
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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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Celeste
Single-player alternative to DEADBOLT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DEADBOLT.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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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.