Single-player games like Just Cause 2
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Just Cause 2, 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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Just Cause™ 3
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.
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Just Cause 4 Reloaded
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!
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Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Just Cause 2.
Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force.
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Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
JC2-MP is a project to bring multiplayer to Just Cause 2 in all of its magnificent glory. Imagine the chaos of normal Just Cause 2, then extending it out to dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of players.
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Saints Row: The Third
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Just Cause 2.
Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!
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Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.
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Just Cause
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Just Cause 2.
Your world...Your rules!
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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez all have one thing in common - they live in the worst city in America. Liberty City worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.
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PROTOTYPE
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
In the neon-lit world of PROTOTYPE, 07Vanguard, a powerful AI prototype, battles hordes of menacing robots. Equipped with combat techniques and a vast arsenal, it faces increasingly challenging enemies. Power-ups aid its survival, but the ultimate test comes with the appearance of formidable Bosses.
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Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Become a Ghost, fighting against a rogue spec ops faction called the Wolves, in the latest Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®!
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Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
In this action-adventure game, set sail for Ancient Greece to alter its fate. Fight in visceral battles on land and sea, shape your destiny from outcast to legend, and uncover secrets of your past.
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Batman™: Arkham Knight
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Batman™: Arkham Knight brings the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios to its epic conclusion. Developed exclusively for New-Gen platforms, Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady's uniquely designed version of the Batmobile.
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Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.
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Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
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Mad Max
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
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RAGE 2
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Just Cause 2.
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
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theHunter: Primal
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
Hunt - Explore - SurviveThe most realistic prehistoric survival game ever created. Featuring a huge Cretaceous environment populated by horrifying dinosaur all-stars, such as T-Rex, Triceratops, Utahraptor, Velociraptor and Quetzalcoatlus.
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Renegade Ops
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Just Cause 2.
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
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theHunter Classic
Single-player alternative to Just Cause 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Cause 2.
The most realistic hunting experience awaits. Explore 12 reserves and hunt 45 unique species, ranging from waterfowl to big game. Over 100 weapons from state-of-the art rifles to bows. Customize your load-out with stands, blinds and dogs. Play alone or in multiplayer with up to 7 friends.