Single-player games like BioShock® 2
Below are 17 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™ 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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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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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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Metro 2033 Redux
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job...
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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
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The Darkness II
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
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Hard Reset Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
Over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies & a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Hard Reset is here to shake up the shooter scene. Try the demo now.
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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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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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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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Atomfall
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Judas
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
Judas is an atmospheric psychological horror experience. Accidentally trapped in an apartment complex, you face dark paranormal events that push you to escape as fast as possible; yet, fleeing is not an option.
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Single-player alternative to BioShock® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BioShock® 2.
You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
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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.