Single-player games like Affliction
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Affliction, 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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Legacy of Mind
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
A first-person horror RPG where nightmare and reality have merged. Hunt nightmare-born Umbrae and journey across forsaken lands where the strongest beasts claim dominion. Face Monarchs in brutal soulslike FPS combat and confront the mind that first gave flesh to the fear that hunts...
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Hellgate Senigallia Remake
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
An RPG-infused boomer-shooter with dark and mysterious tones, offering innovative gameplay with a nostalgic nod to the '90s. Get ready to blow everything up and turn enemies into cannon fodder before facing the massive end-level bosses!
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Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
Immerse yourself in Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack, a retro first-person rail shooter. Roam through famous cities - New York, London, Rio - against crazy zombies. Use pistols and rifles, develop a strategy to earn points and medals.
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GNAW
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
Something’s rotten in New Dino City, and it’s up to you to solve the mystery in GNAW. In this metroidvania, explore a pre-apocalyptic saurian civilization hurtling toward self-annihilation. Meet strange characters, fight off twisted critters, and rescue your beloved city from extinction.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Affliction.
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
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Mother Hub
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
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And All Would Cry Beware!
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Affliction.
90s-style shooter meets Metroidvania. Step through a portal to a mysterious alien world, and discover the fate of the Lost Expedition.
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super bad hero
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
The game uses physics engines, bullet time, and many parody types of enemies, such as sirens, toilet people, gun demons, superheroes emitting laser light, etc. It is a bit like the 3D version of 'Metal Slug' or the gun version of 'Blade and Sorcery', which is very exciting and interesting.
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Waste Walkers
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.
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Lawless Lands
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.
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Disgraced
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
Disgraced is a unique samurai themed role playing game that allows players to lead a rebellion in a fight for freedom against a cruel and tyrannical Shogun in Feudal Japan.
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Chaos Chain
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.