Single-player games like Adverse Action
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Adverse Action, 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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Last Seen
Single-player alternative to Adverse Action — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Adverse Action.
Reopen your late father's phone repair shop to survive. But every device holds someone's secrets — and the deeper you dig, the closer you get to the sister who vanished. Repair. Extract. Investigate. The truth has a price, and so does staying clean.
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Mistport
Single-player alternative to Adverse Action — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Adverse Action.
Mistport sets you as a booth inspector, in a gloomy Victorian city. Inspect documents for ships that pull into the misty harbor, identify suspicious individuals, and uncover mysteries that will shape the city’s fate. Stay loyal to your post or venture into the mists of insanity. The choice is yours.
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PROTOCOL BOUND
Single-player alternative to Adverse Action — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Adverse Action.
BOUND is a psychological thriller where you search through private conversations, hidden files, and recordings on devices that aren't your own. Manipulate others, uncover dark secrets, and shape the outcome through the choices you make.
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Dead Man's Pass
Single-player alternative to Adverse Action — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Adverse Action.
Inspect travel passes and question the strangers who reach your mountain gate after dark. In this yokai inspection game, compare every face, paper, and answer, then let them pass, turn them away, or draw your sword. Your family and the village bear the cost.
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Better Than Us
Single-player alternative to Adverse Action — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Adverse Action.
Better Than Us is a sci-fi narrative game about secrets, deception, and what happens when a few people hoard most of the world's wealth. By maintaining a complex web of lies, you'll convince the freakishly ultra-rich you belong among them long enough to take what they treasure most: their stuff.
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VSCS-II
Single-player alternative to Adverse Action — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Adverse Action.
VSCS-II is a retro-styled narrative game about privacy and security. Using an upgraded '80s operating system, navigate an underground network to make connections, unearth conspiracies, and ultimately decide the fate of the dark web.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Adverse Action — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Adverse Action.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
Single-player alternative to Adverse Action — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Adverse Action.
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...