Single-player games like BioShock® 2
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to BioShock® 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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BioShock™
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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BioShock™ 2 Remastered
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
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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BioShock™ Remastered
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.
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BioShock Infinite
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.
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Half-Life 2
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
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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Remnants of R'lyeh
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's Great Work. An ancient dark power is calling you and you need to find an exit. Face your greatest fear, fight, hide... you must escape before the underwater city rises...
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
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: Invisible War
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Dishonored 2
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
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Clockwork Revolution
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
CHANGE THE PAST. CONTROL THE FUTURE. Alter the course of history and rewrite the future in this steampunk first-person RPG.
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Thief
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.