Single-player games like The Escapists 2
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Escapists 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 Escapists
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
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The Survivalists
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
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Streets of Rogue
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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Party Hard 2
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.
It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Starbound
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
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Overcooked! 2
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
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Golf With Your Friends
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Why have friends if not to play Golf... With Your Friends! Nothing is out of bounds as you take on courses filled with fast paced, exciting, simultaneous mini golf for up to 12 players!
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Worms W.M.D
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Escapists 2.
The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.
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Killer Frequency
Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.