Single-player games like Saints Row 2
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Saints Row 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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Saints Row: The Third
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 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 Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 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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Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.
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Dead Rising® 2
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground.
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Just Cause 2
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
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Mafia II (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...
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Sunset Overdrive
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
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HITMAN™ 2
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home.
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Saints Row
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
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Just Cause
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Your world...Your rules!
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Mad Max
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 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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Just Cause™ 3
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 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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Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 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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Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
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Red Faction®: Armageddon™
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements!
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Red Faction
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards.
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Red Faction II
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Twenty-second century Earth. Five years after the rebellion on Mars. For the last 15 years, Sopot, the corrupt dictator, has oppressed the people of the Commonwealth. His relentless pursuit of unification with the neighboring United Republic has left the country soaked in unnecessary bloodshed and poverty.
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Summoner
Single-player alternative to Saints Row 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Saints Row 2.
Summoners have toppled empires and challenged gods. They are venerated as saviours and feared as destroyers. With rings crafted by the ancient Khosani, the gifted can call forth demons, dragons, and elementals, but only the strongest can control the forces they unleash.