Best Singleplayer Games on Steam

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Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army ** Please note: a remastered and improved edition of this game is now available in Zombie Army Trilogy.**Featuring a co-op campaign for 1 to 4 players, Nazi Zombie Army is a horrifying new stand-alone expansion of the award-winning Sniper Elite series.

Price -96% 0.65€
Rating 8.5
Release 28 Feb 2013
TrackMania² Canyon TrackMania² Canyon will let you experience the fun and adrenaline of racing stunning cars on sensational tracks in a major enhanced sequel to Nadeo Studio’s online racing phenomenon TrackMania, already enjoyed by millions of players.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 27 Feb 2013
Brutal Legend Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.

Price -93% 1.12€
Rating 9.1
Release 26 Feb 2013
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien Step into rhythmic bliss with Runner2! Best Indie Game winner, Guinness World Record holder, and narrated by Charles Martinet. Unleash vibrant moves and beats in 120 levels!

Price -95% 0.73€
Rating 8.8
Release 26 Feb 2013
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Price 22.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 22 Feb 2013
The Bridge The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

Price -96% 0.45€
Rating 8.4
Release 22 Feb 2013
Super House of Dead Ninjas Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.

Price -76% 4.69€
Rating 9.1
Release 18 Feb 2013
Scribblenauts Unlimited The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.

Price -98% 0.46€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Feb 2013
Ys I & II Chronicles+ Long, long ago, there was an ancient kingdom called Ys which prospered under the auspices of two heavenly Goddesses. Over time, the kingdom came to be known as Esteria, and its divine history was largely forgotten by all but the descendants of those who once preached the Goddesses’ will.

Price -77% 2.85€
Rating 8.5
Release 14 Feb 2013
RaceRoom Racing Experience RaceRoom is free to download and built on true-to-life physics and Force Feedback. Drive DTM, FIA WTCC, WTCR and a huge library of cars and tracks—including the most up-to-date Nordschleife. Jump in, race instantly, and expand your garage with a massive selection of content.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 12 Feb 2013
Antichamber Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Price -44% 10.72€
Rating 9.3
Release 31 Jan 2013
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection Compete across land, water and air in incredible transforming vehicles that change from cars to boats to planes mid-race.

Price -24% 15.28€
Rating 9.1
Release 31 Jan 2013
Omerta - City of Gangsters Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.

Price -89% 1.67€
Rating 6.5
Release 31 Jan 2013
Proteus Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Price -57% 4.30€
Rating 7.3
Release 30 Jan 2013
DmC: Devil May Cry In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action.

Price -94% 2.03€
Rating 9.1
Release 24 Jan 2013
The Cave Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

Price 12.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Jan 2013
Strike Suit Zero Immerse yourself in massive fleet battles where your dog-fighting skills will directly affect the fate of the cosmos.

Price -85% 3.01€
Rating 7.4
Release 23 Jan 2013
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.

Price -84% 3.18€
Rating 9.0
Release 16 Jan 2013
10,000,000 10000000: The Dungeon Crawling Matching Game

Price -86% 0.73€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Jan 2013
Fieldrunners 2 Get ready to DEFEND THE WORLD! The biggest sequel in tower defense history is finally here: Fieldrunners 2 has arrived! From Subatomic Studios, creators of the award winning classic strategy game comes an all new adventure that was years in the making.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Jan 2013
Droid Assault Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.

Price -94% 0.68€
Rating 7.7
Release 09 Jan 2013
NiGHTS Into Dreams Slip off into the dream world and go on an aerial adventure as NiGHTS in this classic Saturn remake. Collect Ideya (colored orbs), rack up points, and battle bosses to help Elliot and Claris save Nightopia from Wizeman the Wicked.

Price -25% 8.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 17 Dec 2012
Waking Mars In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

Price -86% 1.21€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Dec 2012
GTR 2 FIA GT Racing Game The Game That Revolutionized the Racing Genre.

Price -37% 4.96€
Rating 8.4
Release 12 Dec 2012
A New Beginning - Final Cut A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.

Price -96% 0.42€
Rating 7.2
Release 11 Dec 2012
RPG Maker VX Ace RPG Maker VX Ace improves on every aspect of creating your very own epic adventure. An extremely powerful editor, Ace supports multiple tilesets, offers full control over autoshadow and has a very flexible features system.

Price -87% 8.94€
Rating 9.0
Release 10 Dec 2012
Dead Pixels A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.

Price -58% 1.28€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 Dec 2012
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (2001) In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, reassume the role of Raziel, and travel back through the currents of time into various eras of Nosgoth's past in your relentless pursuit of Kain.

Price 6.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 06 Dec 2012
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Take control of two powerful and highly evolved vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. Each equipped with a legendary sword, Kain & Raziel must battle through a world loaded with conflict and intrigue as they attempt to unravel their destinies and defeat the dark forces that seek to condemn...

Price -68% 2.26€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Dec 2012
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own 1654 AC. The Caribbean. A place of opportunities and mysteries.

Price -94% 0.98€
Rating 7.1
Release 06 Dec 2012
Triple Town Triple Town is an award-winning original puzzle game in which you try to grow the greatest possible city. The larger the city you build, the more points you score. You build your city by matching three or more game-pieces: combine three grasses to make a bush, three bushes to make a tree...

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 06 Dec 2012
Primordia Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Price -48% 5.22€
Rating 9.3
Release 05 Dec 2012
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles Enjoy a thrilling and hilarious point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia

Price -97% 0.66€
Rating 7.8
Release 05 Dec 2012
Tomb Raider III (1998) Thousands of years ago a meteor crashed into Antarctica and the shockwaves of its impact are being felt in the modern age. Lara Croft will follow clues leading to a deadly secret, boldly leaping chasms and blasting monsters that no one has leaped or blasted before. This time she faces a mystery that's from way out of this world.

Price 6.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 28 Nov 2012
Tomb Raider II (1997) The second instalment in the Tomb Raider series invites you to join Lara as she travels around the globe to retrieve a precious artefact before it falls into the wrong hands. The legendary artefact, the Dagger of Xian, is said to give its possessor the power of a fire breathing dragon.

Price 6.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 28 Nov 2012
Tomb Raider VI: The Angel of Darkness (2003) A series of grisly murders brings Lara into conflict with a sinister Alchemist from the past, and a secret alliance of powerful individuals shrouded in mystery. Accused of the murder of her one time mentor, Werner Von Croy, Lara becomes a fugitive on the run.

Price 6.99€
Rating 6.0
Release 28 Nov 2012

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