Single-player games like Monster Hunter: World
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to Monster Hunter: World, 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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MONSTER HUNTER RISE
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.
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Monster Hunter Wilds
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.
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GOD EATER 3
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Set in a post-apocalyptic setting, it’s up to your special team of God Eaters to take down god-like monsters devastating the world. With an epic story, unique characters, and all new God Arcs and Aragami, the latest evolution in ACTION is here!
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CODE VEIN
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.
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Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Battle hordes of yokai in this masocore Action RPG. Create your protagonist and embark on an adventure through a myriad of locales across Japan during the Sengoku period. Utilize the new Yokai Shift ability to defeat even the most ferocious yokai and be prepared to brave through Dark Realms created by your enemies.
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ELDEN RING
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
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FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
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Warframe
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
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Dauntless
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Become a Slayer and protect the Shattered Isles from formidable Behemoths in the ultimate free-to-slay monster-hunting co-op action game.
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Forced Sacrifice: Lost Soul
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Nothing can stop the inevitable. Everything will play out, just as it has been planned. Forced Sacrifice: Lost Souls is a bullet-hell game with a storyline reaching for metaphysical and theological topics. Gather the power, get rid of demons and retake The Soul from the traitors.
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Toukiden: Kiwami
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
"Toukiden: Kiwami" is a hunting action game where players take on the role of a Slayer possessing unique abilities, and battle the Oni to save mankind from destruction. To defeat these huge Oni, players band together to sever, pierce, and crush parts of the Oni using the Targeted Destruction System!
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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Dragon's Dogma 2
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.
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Vindictus
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Vindictus is an Action RPG that delivers the highest level of combat mechanics and high-quality visuals. Featuring a fully interactive environment, dungeon objects and monsters become part of your arsenal. Experience unique, creative action gameplay that sets a new standard for online RPGs.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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Sunset Summit
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
A co-op group climbing game for 1-8 friends! Head out on a chill but challenging climb with regular checkpoints. Use axes, ropes, pogo sticks, item delivery drones and more to reach the summit. Just remember to watch your step!
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Resident Evil 2
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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Devil May Cry 5
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for.
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Resident Evil Village
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
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Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
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Resident Evil 3
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Single-player alternative to Monster Hunter: World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Hunter: World.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.