Single-player games like The Rare Nine
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Rare Nine, 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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Cenk The Chopper
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
Cenk The Chopper is a fast paced hack-and-slash game. Fight through hordes of mutants and robots in a world you've made go to hell. Chop 'em up everything you see till the end of it.
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HAMISH
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
Hamish is a fast-paced, momentum-driven action platformer where every step could be your last. Run, jump, and grapple your way through rising lava, snowy peaks, neon-lit cities, and more, mastering speed and precision while taking down ruthless enemies.
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EBOLA VILLAGE
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Rare Nine.
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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HELLREAPER
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
Become the Hellreaper, an unstoppable force that Heaven can’t control and Hell is terrified of. Conquer unholy hordes and slay grotesque bosses. Forge and master your weapons. Wield cursed magic. Discover ancient relics. Evolve. Every step of this bloody descent into the abyss is yours.
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Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Rare Nine.
Command Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie cop who stumbles onto the carnage reporting for his first duty, or play as Claire Redfield, desperately searching for her missing brother. Cutting edge 3-D accelerated graphics that create a terrifying, photo-realistic experience.
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My Friend Pedro
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Rare Nine.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
- 9
DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
DR LIVESEY: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, gentlemen, from now on, rom and death means the same thing for you.
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RUSSIA BATTLEGROUNDS
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
RUSSIA BATTLEGROUNDS - is a online Battle Royale shooter in which players fight for their homeland. Only your fierce anger and cruelty will help you survive in this bloodbath.
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DOKA 2 KISHKI EDITION
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
DOKA 2 KISHKI EDITION is a game where you kill zombies, or you yourself are zombies, this is a game where you kill in the most sophisticated ways of people, that is, there you can come up with a certain area. Thank you for my rock childhood.
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STORM AREA 51: AYY LMAO EDITION
Single-player alternative to The Rare Nine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Rare Nine.
STORM AREA 51: AYY LMAO EDITION - it's time to Storm AREA 51, and see them aliens. If we Naruto Run, we can move faster than their bullets. Rock Throwers will throw pebbles (to annoy them enough to not shoot the Kyles as often). They can't stop all of us...