Single-player games like CODE VEIN
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to CODE VEIN, 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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Nioh: Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
Ready to die? Experience the newest brutal action game from Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo Games. In the age of samurai, a lone traveler lands on the shores of Japan. He must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks.
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GOD EATER 3
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CODE VEIN.
Set in a post-apocalyptic setting, it’s up to your special team of God Eaters to take down god-like monsters devastating the world. With an epic story, unique characters, and all new God Arcs and Aragami, the latest evolution in ACTION is here!
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Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
Battle hordes of yokai in this masocore Action RPG. Create your protagonist and embark on an adventure through a myriad of locales across Japan during the Sengoku period. Utilize the new Yokai Shift ability to defeat even the most ferocious yokai and be prepared to brave through Dark Realms created by your enemies.
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CODE VEIN II
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
An epic adventure awaits, where you and your chosen partners explore a post-apocalyptic world, face fierce battles against powerful enemies, and uncover an epic story that transcends time.
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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
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Exodus of Descent
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
Descend into an online third person PvE RPG dungeon looter inspired by RuneScape and Dark & Darker. Party up with your friends to solve escape-room type puzzles, collect over 150+ lootable items, level up your character, create unique classes and unlock new abilities. Escape Your Descent!
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ELDEN RING
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
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Remnant: From the Ashes
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CODE VEIN.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CODE VEIN.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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DARK SOULS™ III
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CODE VEIN.
Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!
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DARK SOULS™ II
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
Developed by FROM SOFTWARE, DARK SOULS™ II is the highly anticipated sequel to the gruelling 2011 breakout hit Dark Souls. The unique old-school action RPG experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.
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AI LIMIT
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
In the distant future when civilization is on the verge of extinction, people follow the legend of the Elysium in the last city, Havenswell. In this post-apocalyptic wasteland sci-fi ARPG, you will play as Arrisa, a Blader with immortality, and explore the city ruin to find the hope of a new life.
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
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The Surge
Single-player alternative to CODE VEIN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CODE VEIN.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.