Single-player games like Viral Cry
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Viral Cry, 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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KickBeat Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
From indie pioneers Zen Studios (makers of Pinball FX2 and CastleStorm) comes KickBeat, an innovative rhythm game with a Kung Fu theme, featuring fully 3D characters and high-energy music! You can use your own music to create custom KickBeat tracks, allowing you ultimate replayability!
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Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
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Deadlight
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se
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Megabyte Punch
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack.
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Dark Light
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Viral Cry.
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
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Rhythm Rush!
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
Play your own songs to three different game modes on, newly updated to, eight different maps, or fight the three unlockable bosses! Play on four different difficulties to get a range of challenge! Keep track of your stats and compare them to your friends! Earn all the achievements by playing and getting better at it!
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Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
Beat Aim - rhythm aim trainer designed for FPS players with AI generated maps. Makes improving your aim incredibly fun while listening to your favorite songs. Open any music and customize level generation. Combination of osu! and KovaaK's trainer.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Viral Cry.
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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Achievement Machine
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Viral Cry.
Achievement Machine is a colorful clicker game for those who wants not only to get tons of achievements in no time, but also to enjoy real gameplay and various gamemodes!
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Knockout Checkers Chamber
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In a magical parallel world, a decent alternative to wars and duels was invented: combat checkers. Each player tries to knock the opponent's pieces off the board. Combine various kinds of pieces, try different tactics and develop your own style of fight!
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Forestation
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Grow green forests by drawing a continuous line through all the cells in each level. Sophisticated levels and sudden secrets await you in this puzzle that could seem simple at first impression!
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Chronicles of Vinland
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As an exiled Norse jarl, build a viking settlement on the edge of known world and let it thrive! Gather resources, develop your selttlement, and gather even more resources.
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Mafia Gambling
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to the Criminal Town full of gangsters and mafioso. Test your luck in dangerous mafia Blackjack tournament also known as twenty-one, which is one of the most popular casino games around the world.
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Geek Fighter
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Viral Cry.
Geek Fighter is a crazy quiz game that'll test you on your knowledge of movies, video games, comics and memes... right in the middle of a battle!
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Grim Town: Battle Tales
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Viral Cry.
Grim Town: Battle Tales is a card game with RPG elements in a dark fantasy world, where demons and people live side by side. Lead your character to victory fighting on the streets of Grim Town as well as at the card table.
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Sky Hawk
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Viral Cry.
Near East, year 203X. The fire of a neverending conflict is still raging in the region, so the world community decides to intervene. You are an elite pilot of the United Nations «Wings of Freya», and your mission is to compel all sides to make peace!