Single-player games like Tribulum
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tribulum, 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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Short Stories Paranoia
Single-player alternative to Tribulum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tribulum.
How do you know, if something is real, or just in your mind? Are you really sure that you can distinguish imagination from reality? For the next couple of hours, listen, watch and be part of a story where imagination and reality intersect each other.
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Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Tribulum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tribulum.
The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.
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E.E.R.I.E2
Single-player alternative to Tribulum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tribulum.
E.E.R.I.E 2 is a tactical shooting game. In the modern Gensokyo, play the role of fairy Luna, and uses a variety of modern light weapons and tactical equipment to join in a war that decides the fate of Gensokyo.
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™
Single-player alternative to Tribulum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tribulum.
In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.
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Contain
Single-player alternative to Tribulum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tribulum.
Contain is a Tactical Co-Op FPS game. Form your squad of four players to fight against the anomalies. Try to "Contain" them where the line between ordinary and extraordinary is blurred.
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Spec Ops: The Line
Single-player alternative to Tribulum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tribulum.
A Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.
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Thunder Wolves
Single-player alternative to Tribulum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tribulum.
When this “wolf pack” strikes, you hear the thunder roll. The Thunder Wolves attack from the air. They are mercenaries, and the best helicopter pilots in the world. Every one of them is ready for action at all times—and ready to fight evil, wherever it lurks.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to Tribulum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tribulum.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.