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Single-player games like The Escapists 2

Below are 16 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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    Streets of Rogue — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hacktag — Steam game cover

    Hacktag

    Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.

    Hacktag is a fast-paced two-player co-op stealth-game with unique asymmetric gameplay. Play as the stealth Agent in the field or as the virtually-infiltrated Hacker and work together to carry out espionage missions where nothing goes as expected!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warriors: Rise to Glory — Steam game cover

    Warriors: Rise to Glory

    Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.

    In this rogue-lite turn-based RPG, you create a bloodline of gladiators, fight online with or against your friends in the arena, decide the fate of your fallen rivals, and bring honor, wealth, and the spoils of war to improve your legacy.

    2022StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stardew Valley — Steam game cover

    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?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hide and Seek — Steam game cover

    Hide and Seek

    Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.

    It is a very funny, fast and easy game which can be played by adults as well as children. This game has two teams that try to prevent each other from winning.

    2019ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mini Thief — Steam game cover

    Mini Thief

    Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.

    Can you escape with the loot? Play as the Master Thief and steal as much as you can. Burgle houses in order to obtain some sweet, sweet loot but, be careful, do not get caught!.

    2018StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Starve Together — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve Together

    Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — Steam game cover

    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.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Escapists — Steam game cover

    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!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie3.59 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terraria — Steam game cover

    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!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Survivalists — Steam game cover

    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?

    2020ActionIndieAdventure5.39 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Prison Escape Simulator — Steam game cover

    Prison Escape Simulator

    Single-player alternative to The Escapists 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Escapists 2.

    The prisoner is in the world’s highest security prison. His only chance to reunite with his family is to escape. Everything is in your hands. Survive and escape. This survival escape game will take your breath away. Will you be able to escape from prison?

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overcooked! 2 — Steam game cover

    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!

    2018ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Golf With Your Friends — Steam game cover

    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!

    2020SportsIndieCasual2.39 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Worms W.M.D — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016ActionStrategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Killer Frequency — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →