Single-player games like Duke Nukem Forever
Below are 24 single-player Steam games similar to Duke Nukem Forever, 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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Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
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Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.
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Blue Estate The Game
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Blue Estate is a black-humoured and corrosive rail shooter, adapted from the critically acclaimed and Eisner Award nominated graphic novel, Blue Estate by Viktor Kalvachev!
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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
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DOOM Eternal
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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Aliens vs. Predator™
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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POSTAL 2
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
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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Prey
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
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HeXen II
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.
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Quake II
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
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F.E.A.R.
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
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Borderlands 2
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
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Borderlands 3
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.
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Borderlands 4
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, deadly enemies, and intense co-op action. Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
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Borderlands Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Get ready for the mind blowing insanity! Play as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries and take out everything that stands in your way! With its addictive action, frantic first-person shooter combat, massive arsenal of weaponry, RPG elements and four-player co-op, Borderlands is a breakthrough experience that challenges all the...
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Half-Life: Blue Shift
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.
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Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
Single-player alternative to Duke Nukem Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duke Nukem Forever.
Discover the original co-op shooter-looter, crammed with new enhancements! As one of 4 trigger-happy mercenaries with RPG progression, equip bazillions of guns to take on the desert planet Pandora.