Single-player games like Valken
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Valken, 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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Midnight Oil: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valken.
A horror action experience with brutal melee combat, tactical gunplay, and environmental puzzles. Players must survive hostile, atmospheric locations where every encounter demands quick reflexes, smart resource management, and careful exploration.
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Executioner
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Valken.
The Executioner is a 1-4 player online coop shooting survival game. There are a large number of extremely heinous criminals waiting to be executed in the overcrowded prison. In order to survive, they will rush towards you and try to kill you. If you don't kill them, you will be the one killed.
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Sniper Elite 5
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valken.
The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.
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Sniper Elite 4
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valken.
Discover unrivalled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Experience tactical third-person combat, gameplay choice and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism.
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Gears 5
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valken.
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.
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Easy Red 2
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Valken.
Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valken.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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GUN™
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Valken.
When life robs Colton White of all that matters, the only thing left he can trust is his GUN. From award-winning developer, Neversoft, and accomplished screenwriter, Randall Jahnson (The Mask of Zorro, The Doors), GUN follows Colton on his quest for discovery as he seeks to exact vengeful justice on those who have wronged him.
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Backrooms: The Labyrinth
Single-player alternative to Valken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valken.
Explore non-linear paths and evade lurking monsters as you uncover the mysteries of this eerie maze. Beware of the sinister entities that inhabit the shadows, ready to drag you deeper into the unknown.