Single-player games like The Red Stare
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Red Stare, 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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Budget Cuts
Single-player alternative to The Red Stare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Red Stare.
Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!
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Red Matter 2
Single-player alternative to The Red Stare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Red Stare.
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
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L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files
Single-player alternative to The Red Stare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Red Stare.
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files places you directly in the shoes of Detective Cole Phelps as you solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real cases from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history.
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Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment
Single-player alternative to The Red Stare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Red Stare.
Exploring the themes in THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, the Belko VR – Escape Room Experiment provokes the question: “What does it take to survive at work?” Players are prompted to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to escape from their office before a microchip in their head explodes.
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Duck Season
Single-player alternative to The Red Stare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Red Stare.
The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...
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I Expect You To Die
Single-player alternative to The Red Stare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.
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Time Lock VR 1
Single-player alternative to The Red Stare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Red Stare.
A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.
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The Talos Principle VR
Single-player alternative to The Red Stare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Red Stare.
The Talos Principle VR is a virtual reality version of Croteam's critically acclaimed first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction.