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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Metro: Last Light Redux
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Affliction.
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Affliction.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.
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Left 4 Dead
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Affliction.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
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Sonar Shock
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Affliction.
Submarine’s haunted! Hunt and be hunted in this horror dungeon crawler inspired by the decay of the Soviet Union (and immersive RPGs from the 90s).
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.
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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Stygian: Outer Gods
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Affliction.
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
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Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player alternative to Affliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Affliction.
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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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.