Single-player games like Defragmented
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Defragmented, 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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Data Breach Inc.
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Pilot a breach rig into hostile corporate infrastructure. Mine the firewall, crack daemon cores, extract your haul, and buy permanent upgrades between sorties.
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Disjunction
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.
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Lane Glitch
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Lane Glitch is a fast-paced cyberpunk combat racing game where you drive an armed car through neon-lit highways, dodging obstacles and destroying enemy vehicles. Choose your path on a branching map, upgrade your ride, and face powerful bosses.
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Rome 2077: Space Wars
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Unknown planets, whole new universe, with hundreds of ships to fight and explore, special abilities and ships craft. Rome 2077: Space Wars is a top-down shooter with ship craft, storyline, RPG element, survival endless mode and much more!
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The Ascent
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
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Transistor
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.
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Rift Loopers
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Survive the horrors of the multiverse, alone or with your comrades, as you battle against an onslaught of insectoid like creatures. Combine abilities in different ways each loop to overcome and return safely to your universe.
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Mars: War Logs
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Defragmented.
An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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Borderlands 2
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Defragmented.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Leap of Fate
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Leap of Fate is a furiously-paced cyberpunk roguelite about overcoming your fears and achieving your fate. In a New York City where magic is real, you play as a technomage who must develop unspeakable powers to confront the Crucible of Fates. Can you survive the trials?
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Noir Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Defragmented.
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
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Heliophobia
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Heliophobia is a first-person horror/mystery adventure presented through a surreal, non-linear narrative. You awake on a vacant plane, given only a singular task: kill the one with the initials "J.R.".
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Ad Infernum
Single-player alternative to Defragmented — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.