Single-player games like The Evil Within 2
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to The Evil Within 2, 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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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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.
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The Sinking City 2
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Set in the Roaring '20s, The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror steeped in Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, stalked by the dead, as you weigh one life against an entire city.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Vanquish
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
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Remnant: From the Ashes
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
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Hi-Fi RUSH
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Test your abilities in two new game modes, uncover new rewards and even a few secrets in the Arcade Challenge! Update! Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team fight against an evil megacorp in a world that syncs to the music.
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Ghostwire: Tokyo
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within 2.
Tokyo's population has vanished, and deadly supernatural forces prowl the streets. Use an arsenal of elemental abilities to unravel the truth behind the disappearance and save Tokyo.
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Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Join KK and his gang of supernatural detectives as they investigate a strange disappearance, only to stumble upon something more sinister. Build relationships with your team and piece together their stories.