Single-player games like Messiah
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Messiah, 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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Binary Domain
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Messiah.
Set in futuristic Tokyo, take control of the robotic community before they control everything!
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MDK 2
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Messiah.
3 Unlikely Heroes, 1 Ultimate Goal Kurt Hectic is back to save the universe. This time he is teamed with the genius Dr. Hawkins and the 6-legged gun-toting robotic dog, Max. Together they must out-sneak, out-blast and out-think their enemies as they attempt to reclaim earth from a vile alien menace.
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Deus Ex: Invisible War
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Messiah.
Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.
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Agents of Mayhem
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Messiah.
In Agents of MAYHEM, you run a no-holds barred operation against a shadowy super-villain organization known only as LEGION and their mysterious leader, the Morningstar. Explore the city of Seoul as a variety of Super Agents to thwart LEGION's vile plans to take over the world!
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No Sun To Worship
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Messiah.
A short, minimalist stealth-action game about the importance of art. We painted the sky ashen gray. Burned the heavens to starve each other. Now we walk an endless cemetery of regret.
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Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Messiah.
Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.
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Re-Legion
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Messiah.
Become The Prophet in a world of the future without the future! Lead your Cult in this cyberpunk RTS in the fight against evil corporations and heretics. Choose your creed, convert citizens, create an army and take over the city!
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VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Messiah.
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
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Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sacrifice is the acclaimed real-time strategy game that focuses on combat instead of resource gathering. The only two resources you'll need to worry about are mana and souls. Need more units? Capture the souls of your enemy. Cast spells of awesome power.
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MDK
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Messiah.
ON A GOOD DAY, ONLY 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE. As vast alien mining cities suck the power and minerals from every major metropolis on Earth simultaneously, time is of the essence as millions of civilians are expiring by the second.
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Earthworm Jim
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Messiah.
Jim wasn't always a studly super-worm. He was once just a spineless, dirt-eater with no real mission in his life...
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Earthworm Jim 2
Single-player alternative to Messiah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Messiah.
Earthworm Jim is back with more side-scrolling platform action. Whip, run, jump, fly, and Snott swing your way to victory!