Single-player games like Dead Space™ 2
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Space™ 2, 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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Dead Space (2008)
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
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Dead Space™ 3
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 2.
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 2.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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The Callisto Protocol™
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Space™ 2.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
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SIGNALIS
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Single-player alternative to Dead Space™ 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Space™ 2.
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.