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Single-player games like Connectome:Pain Control

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Connectome:Pain Control, 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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    Clone Drone in the Danger Zone — Steam game cover

    Clone Drone in the Danger Zone

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hard Reset Extended Edition — Steam game cover

    Hard Reset Extended Edition

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    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.

    2012ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Megabyte Punch — Steam game cover

    Megabyte Punch

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    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.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sifu — Steam game cover

    Sifu

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.

    2023ActionIndie39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nidhogg 2 — Steam game cover

    Nidhogg 2

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.

    2017ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Midnight Fight Express — Steam game cover

    Midnight Fight Express

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.

    2022ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Absolver — Steam game cover

    Absolver

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who will determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    99Vidas — Steam game cover

    99Vidas

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    "99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture.

    2016ActionIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Corpse Keeper — Steam game cover

    Corpse Keeper

    Single-player alternative to Connectome:Pain Control — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Connectome:Pain Control.

    Corpse Keeper is a very challenging action-strategy roguelite. You'll need to lead a squad of three corpses to explore the grim and dark medieval world within limited time, build a powerful army of the living dead, and finally kill the demon lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →