Single-player games like Resident Evil 2
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Resident Evil 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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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
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.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Amnesia: The Bunker
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
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DEAD RISING®
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Resident Evil 3
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
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The Outlast Trials
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
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Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
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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Resident Evil 6
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones™.
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Monster Hunter: World
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
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Monster Hunter Wilds
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.
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Devil May Cry 5
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for.
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Resident Evil Village
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
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Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player alternative to Resident Evil 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.