Single-player games like Deepest Darkest
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Deepest Darkest, 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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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Deepest Darkest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deepest Darkest.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
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Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion
Single-player alternative to Deepest Darkest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deepest Darkest.
Includes original Blood II: The Chosen and add-on package The Nightmare LevelsAn immersive atmosphere full of dark humor and exciting actionFour playable characters and wide variety of weapons
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DEAD TRASH
Single-player alternative to Deepest Darkest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deepest Darkest.
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Single-player alternative to Deepest Darkest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deepest Darkest.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
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Dread Templar
Single-player alternative to Deepest Darkest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deepest Darkest.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
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CULTIC
Single-player alternative to Deepest Darkest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deepest Darkest.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
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HROT
Single-player alternative to Deepest Darkest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deepest Darkest.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
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Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Single-player alternative to Deepest Darkest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deepest Darkest.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.