Single-player games like Prey
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Prey, 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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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
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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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
"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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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Dishonored 2
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
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Crysis
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
Adapt to Survive An epic story thrusts players into an ever-changing environment, forcing them to adapt their tactics and approach to conquer battlefields ranging from newly frozen jungle to zero-gravity alien environments. Suit up! A high-tech Nanosuit allows gamers to augment their abilities in real time on the battlefield.
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DEATHLOOP
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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BioShock™ Remastered
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.
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Thief
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prey.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.
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Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
From the award-winning developers at Arkane® Studios comes Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider, the next standalone adventure in the critically-acclaimed Dishonored® series.
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Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Single-player alternative to Prey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prey.
Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.