Single-player games like The American Dream
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The American Dream, 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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TYRONE vs COPS VR
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The American Dream.
Sip lean and shoot cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America... Fully reimagined for VR!
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Accounting (Legacy)
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The American Dream.
The modern field of Accountancy is a serious and honorable profession. Many human beings have spent their lives toiling over the hard science of numbers. Thousands have died so that we may get to the level of understanding that we have today. Thousands have died.
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Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The American Dream.
Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.
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Vacation Simulator
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The American Dream.
The latest VR sensation from the creators of ‘Job Simulator’, now with free DLC! Welcome to Vacation Simulator: a rough approximation of VACATION inspired by real human NOT JOBBING. Reallocate your bandwidth and get ready to splash, s’more, snowball, and selfie your way to optimal relaxation.
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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The American Dream.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
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Duck Season
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The American Dream.
The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...
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L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The American Dream.
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files places you directly in the shoes of Detective Cole Phelps as you solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real cases from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history.
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Trover Saves the Universe
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The American Dream.
From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!
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Screencheat
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The American Dream.
Screencheat is a ridiculous competitive split-screen first-person shooter where everyone is invisible, so players are forced to look at each other’s screens to win. Supporting both local and online multiplayer, combat in Screencheat is fast and furious with a wide variety of one-hit kill weapons.
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Feather
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The American Dream.
Feather is a multiplayer game about exploration, relaxation and immersion. Transform yourself into a bird, take flight, and enjoy a zen-like, picturesque landscape on your own terms. Swoop, glide, and backflip your way around mysterious locations to uncover hidden paths that only birds can follow!
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KILLBUG
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The American Dream.
KILLBUG is a fast-paced, first-person movement shooter set in an endless arena. Slash and shoot your way through hordes of ravenous insects, mastering fluid aerial movement mechanics as you fight for glory on the leaderboards.
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Roombo: First Blood
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The American Dream.
Roombo: First Blood is a comedic, top-down, stealth-action game about being a robot vacuum cleaner and fending off burglars from your home. A short, experimental game and the first in the JUSTICE SUCKS series.
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JUSTICE SUCKS: Tactical Vacuum Action
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The American Dream.
JUSTICE SUCKS is a stealth/action game about a killer robot vacuum cleaner on a quest for vengeance through a 90s TV universe. Stalk your prey, hack smart devices, turn them into deadly traps and consume the blood of your enemies to unleash devastating powers.
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TRIOS - lofi beats / numbers to chill to
Single-player alternative to The American Dream — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
TRIOS is a relaxing, minimalist maths puzzle game. Take your time, chill out with some numbers. Deceptively simple, surprisingly challenging.