Single-player games like SCP: Secret Laboratory
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SCP: Secret Laboratory, 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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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Single-player alternative to SCP: Secret Laboratory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – standalone prequel for the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, which tells you story about the Clear Sky group, that want to research the Zone and understand it better.
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The Lost
Single-player alternative to SCP: Secret Laboratory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.
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KUNKUN League
Single-player alternative to SCP: Secret Laboratory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Rougelite + Russian Roulette, but using a more powerful cannon. Survive and take all the prizes!
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Single-player alternative to SCP: Secret Laboratory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to SCP: Secret Laboratory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Killing Floor 2
Single-player alternative to SCP: Secret Laboratory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
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Nemesis: Distress
Single-player alternative to SCP: Secret Laboratory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
NEMESIS DISTRESS is a unique multiplayer Sci-Fi horror experience that aims at creating unforgettable, cinematic moments. Remember – this is NOT a shooter, in Nemesis you are not the hunter. You are the PREY.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to SCP: Secret Laboratory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with SCP: Secret Laboratory.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.