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Single-player games like Hopeless

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hopeless, 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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    War Fantasy — Steam game cover

    War Fantasy

    Single-player alternative to Hopeless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.

    A psychological horror game where a demented commanding officer controls your every move, and the line between war simulation and real war dissolves into impossible, stunning spaces. You are not a soldier. You are being made into one.

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dawn Of Fear — Steam game cover

    Dawn Of Fear

    Single-player alternative to Hopeless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.

    Experience an intense survival horror journey as an investigative agent in a dark and cursed village. The quest for a leader has never been so hindered.

    ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A.S.C: RAVENRIDGE — Steam game cover

    A.S.C: RAVENRIDGE

    Single-player alternative to Hopeless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hopeless.

    You are being watched. Tested. In RAVENRIDGE, uncover the truth behind a forgotten prison as detective Ethan Ward. What begins as an investigation soon leads deep into your own mind. Are you in control, or just another subject?

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Corridors — Steam game cover

    Corridors

    Single-player alternative to Hopeless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hopeless.

    A shooter / gem collection game that lives in your files. Corridors combines high-score action with a fully functional, intuitive file and media explorer. Play in our preset world for competition, or turn your PC and its files into the setting. Lightweight, portable, runs native on most systems.

    2026ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lights out, run — Steam game cover

    Lights out, run

    Single-player alternative to Hopeless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hopeless.

    A first-person survival horror game where you must cross your house at night while the fears of your childhood become real.

    2026ActionAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fatberg — Steam game cover

    Fatberg

    Single-player alternative to Hopeless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hopeless.

    You, a lowly janitor, have been forced to go into the sewers to remove blockages that will cause a flood. But the inhabitants of this dark, slimy, stinking, writhing underworld do not like to be disturbed and will not let you leave alive.

    2026ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 - Beta — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 - Beta

    Single-player alternative to Hopeless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hopeless.

    Experience grounded, precise combat built around fluid movement, player choice, and greater control in every engagement with the Modern Warfare® 4 Beta.

    2026ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Uncanny Tales: Cold Road — Steam game cover

    Uncanny Tales: Cold Road

    Single-player alternative to Hopeless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hopeless.

    Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.

    2025IndieAdventureCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →