Single-player games like Shock and Gnaw
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shock and Gnaw, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Shock and Gnaw page.
Ranked picks
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CRUEL
Single-player alternative to Shock and Gnaw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shock and Gnaw.
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
- 2
DemonPandemicVR
Single-player alternative to Shock and Gnaw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shock and Gnaw.
We all have inner demons, now it's time to face them. You are a lone wolf, you must scavenge for weapons and yeet your environment across seven maps as you try to survive this VR shooter against waves of demons.
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Venison County
Single-player alternative to Shock and Gnaw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shock and Gnaw.
Grab your sawed-off, cast some sigils, and face the never ending nightmare head on in Venison County. Blast your old neighbors into undead venison giblets, master weapon specific active reloads, and limitlessly combine slain cultists' sigils for their sinful buffs (if you can withstand God's wrath).
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ODDCORE
Single-player alternative to Shock and Gnaw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shock and Gnaw.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
- 5
ETERNAL BLOOD
Single-player alternative to Shock and Gnaw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shock and Gnaw.
ETERNAL BLOOD is a high-adrenaline arcade-action FPS. Face legions of demons, harvest their souls and become a God of Destruction.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Shock and Gnaw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shock and Gnaw.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Left 4 Dead
Single-player alternative to Shock and Gnaw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shock and Gnaw.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
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Tower of Guns
Single-player alternative to Shock and Gnaw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shock and Gnaw.
Tower of Guns is a fast paced first-person-shooter for the twitch gamer... with a few randomized elements to keep it fresh with each playthrough. It's a short burst "Lunch Break FPS"... not unlike Binding of Isaac mixed with Doom 2. Tower of Guns was made by a guy named Joe (with his brother Mike composing the music).