Single-player games like Thief: Deadly Shadows
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Thief: Deadly Shadows, 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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Thief
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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Thief II: The Metal Age
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Thief: Deadly Shadows.
The ultimate thief is back! Tread softly as you make your way through 15 new complex, non-linear levels full of loot to steal and guards to outsmart. Improved enemy AI, new gadgets and a riveting story will draw you into the world of Thief II: The Metal Age, a place of powerful new technologies, fanatical religions and corruption.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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Styx: Master of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
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Metro 2033 Redux
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Thief: Deadly Shadows.
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Thief: Deadly Shadows.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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The Midnight Walk
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
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Styx: Shards of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Explore and master huge open environments, sneak past or assassinate new enemies and bosses, and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in our goblin assassin's arsenal.
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Deus Ex: Invisible War
Single-player alternative to Thief: Deadly Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.