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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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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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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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
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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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Evil Within 2.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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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.