Single-player games like BioShock™
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to BioShock™, 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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BioShock™ 2 Remastered
Single-player alternative to BioShock™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
In BioShock 2, you step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as you explore through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to BioShock™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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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Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to BioShock™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job...
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Atomic Heart
Single-player alternative to BioShock™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.
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Half-Life 2
Single-player alternative to BioShock™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock™.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to BioShock™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
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Metro 2033 Redux
Single-player alternative to BioShock™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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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Hard Reset Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to BioShock™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock™.
Over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies & a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Hard Reset is here to shake up the shooter scene. Try the demo now.