Single-player games like operation
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to operation, 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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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with operation.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with operation.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with operation.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with operation.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Gears 5
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with operation.
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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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with operation.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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Sniper Elite 5
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with operation.
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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Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with operation.
The Full Package, Remastered – With enhanced graphics, improved lighting, reworked environments, and visual effects, Steelport and The Third Street Saints have never looked so good.
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Wizard King
Single-player alternative to operation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with operation.
Wizard King is a strategy collectible card game. (CCG / TCG) However, instead of playing cards, you will play the game with real summon creature and magic. Therefore, you can enjoy more easy and active games than ordinary card games.