Single-player games like Inner Chains
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Inner Chains, 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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INDUSTRIA
Single-player alternative to Inner Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Inner Chains.
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
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Transient: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Inner Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inner Chains.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to Inner Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inner Chains.
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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BioShock® 2
Single-player alternative to Inner Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Inner Chains.
Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Inner Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Inner Chains.
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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Hard Reset Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Inner Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Inner Chains.
Over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies & a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Hard Reset is here to shake up the shooter scene. Try the demo now.
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Scorn
Single-player alternative to Inner Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Inner Chains.
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
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Deus Ex: The Fall
Single-player alternative to Inner Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Inner Chains.
Deus Ex: The Fall is set in 2027– a golden era for science, technology and human augmentation, but also a time of great social divide and global conspiracy. Powerful corporations have seized control from governments and command the drug supply needed by augmented humans to survive.