Single-player games like Psycho Ripper
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Psycho Ripper, 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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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
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Grim Dawn
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
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Starbound
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Victim
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Psycho Ripper.
A game like none other. Victim invites you into the world of The Ominous Oppression. A desolate landscape of horrors and mental anguish. A place where only the mentally strong can survive and overcome the seemingly endless relentless trials of perpetuating devastation.
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First Odium
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A psychological Turn Based Combat RPG Dungeon Crawling Horror
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Lober Lobe
Single-player alternative to Psycho Ripper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Shoot psychic orbs, collect useful thoughts, upgrade your Probe with speed, maneuverability, satellites, resistance and suppress negative thoughts in this Brain centric, procedurally generated bullet hell shoot 'em up.