Single-player games like Dakar 18
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Dakar 18, 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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Dakar Desert Rally
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Dakar 18.
Dakar Desert Rally is the biggest off-road rally racing adventure ever developed. Experience the speed and excitement of the largest rally race on the planet, featuring a wide variety of licensed vehicles from motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs.
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DiRT 4
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
DiRT 4 is all about embracing fear. It’s about the thrill, exhilaration and adrenaline that is absolutely vital to off-road racing. It’s about loving the feeling of pushing flat out next to a sheer cliff drop, going for the gap that’s too small and seeing how much air you can get. Be Fearless.
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WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Dakar 18.
Take on all the challenges of the 2017 World Rally Championship: the official cars and drivers, 13 countries, 52 Special Stages, every surface, more powerful cars, more demanding physics, longer races, and an eSports mode to keep you on the edge of your seat all year round.
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Gravel
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Racing with Dakar 18.
Gravel is the ultimate off-road experience. The most extreme racing game that will let you try out amazing stunts in the wildest places on the planet!
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Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO brings off-road racing to a whole new level of simulation and engagement. It will enable you to drive the best rally cars from the past up to the present day in the most exciting off-road events across the globe.
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Automobilista 2
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
Automobilista 2 is all the racing simulators you ever wanted - in just one. An incredibly diverse collection of cars and tracks cohesively simulated, featuring incredible graphics and audio quality, dynamic weather and track conditions and the best VR support for a racing experience like no other.
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Project CARS 2
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Dakar 18.
THE ULTIMATE DRIVER JOURNEY! Project CARS 2 delivers the soul of motor racing in the world’s most beautiful, authentic, and technically-advanced racing game.
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BAJA: Edge of Control HD
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Racing with Dakar 18.
Baja: Edge of Control HD is the carefully remastered version of the original off-road racer from 2008. This truly unique game contains more than 1,000 miles of the toughest terrain Mother Nature has to offer, including the steepest mountains, thickest mud and deepest canyons known to man.
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DiRT Rally
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
DiRT Rally is the most authentic and thrilling rally game ever made, road-tested over 80 million miles by the DiRT community. It perfectly captures that white knuckle feeling of racing on the edge as you hurtle along dangerous roads, knowing that one crash could irreparably harm your stage time.
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SnowRunner
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Dakar 18.
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
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RoadCraft
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Dakar 18.
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
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Police Simulator: Patrol Duty
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dakar 18.
Experience the exciting day-to-day life of an US police officer in Police Simulator: Patrol Duty. Discover a large, lively and freely-accessible US city powered by Unreal®Engine 4 and ensure the safety in your district.
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Syndrome VR
Single-player alternative to Dakar 18 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dakar 18.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive. Includes a Survival Game mode in Full VR.