Single-player games like ROM: Extraction
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ROM: Extraction, 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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Raw Data
Single-player alternative to ROM: Extraction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROM: Extraction.
Built from the ground up for VR, Raw Data’s action gameplay, intuitive controls, challenging enemies, and sci-fi atmosphere will completely immerse you within the surreal world of Eden Corp. Go solo or team up and become the adrenaline-charged heroes of your own futuristic technothriller.
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The Lab
Single-player alternative to ROM: Extraction — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Space Pirate Trainer
Single-player alternative to ROM: Extraction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROM: Extraction.
Space Pirate Trainer is the official trainer for wannabe space pirates in VR. Pick up your blasters, put on your sneakers, and dance your way into the Space Pirate Trainer hall of fame.
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Blasters of the Universe
Single-player alternative to ROM: Extraction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROM: Extraction.
Blasters of the Universe is the first of its kind, bringing the bullet hell genre into first person VR. Intense gameplay is heavily reliant on physical movement, requiring the player to duck, dodge, twist, turn, and maneuver their way through tons of enemies and hundreds of bullets.
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Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
Single-player alternative to ROM: Extraction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROM: Extraction.
Serious Sam is back! And this time it's REAL!
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Roboquest VR
Single-player alternative to ROM: Extraction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROM: Extraction.
The future is in flames, overrun by ruthless machines—but you’re built to fight back. Roboquest VR is a lightning-fast roguelite FPS where speed, firepower, and reflexes are your best weapons. Adapt, survive, and reboot the future!
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MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE
Single-player alternative to ROM: Extraction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROM: Extraction.
Craft. Shoot. Die. Repeat. Forge absurdly powerful guns and fight through the belly of a metal alien monstrosity in this VR FPS roguelite follow up to MOTHERGUNSHIP. Wanna build a rocket-firing-shotgun or a toxic spike-ball-launcher? Unleash your inner mad scientist, then take on the MOTHERGUNSHIP.
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Half-Life: Alyx
Single-player alternative to ROM: Extraction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROM: Extraction.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.