13 BEST Single Player Games You NEVER Played 

In this era where everything seems to be multiplayer oriented, I'm glad you guys keep covering single player games with so much passion.

Mad Max is truly a gem. Really underrated and still feels unique.

#7 Mad Max!!! Love this game so much. I bought this game one night because it was $3.99. Figured what’s the worst that could happen. I went on to dump about 85 hours into the game! The combat is fun, the world is amazing, the graphics are great and I love all the different villain characters. This will always be one of my favorite games that I just happened to stumble upon.

I played COJ: Gunslinger years ago and it is definitely one of the most fun FPS games I ever played and the story is presented in such a charming way.

One of my all-time favorite single player games is The Saboteur. Set in Nazi occupied Paris, with the goal of liberating it with a growing French resistance. Was definitely a fun sandbox type game

Call of Juarez is one of my top favorite games of all times. Progressing through the difficulty settings was super satisfying. It really made you feel like a man on a mission. Plus the artsy graphics style makes it look almost timeless.

Alpha Protocol is a rare case of actually being a forgotten gem. It is rough in some aspects, and nowdays pretty dated, but the reactivity to your choices, conversation style and background story is still a stand out example of how it can work. My favorite example being that an important antagonist, who will run away when you confront him, can actually be fought if you act like an arrogant prick to him in all previous interactions. It was also very psychological and everything you did felt meaningful, especially when talking to people. A true gem.

Black Mesa is a must to play game even for Half Life veterans who completed game many times. Adding incredible musics to appropriate places and remaking some of the art (especially in Xen) was reaaly good choice for the developers.

The WORST single player game is Life. They need to do something about those TERRIBLE NPCs.

I love the fact this channel shows as much love to the big AAA titles as it does to the smaller ones. I have actually tried some games outside of my wheel house thanks to this channel highlighting them; and am all the happier for it.

Alpha protocol was actually one of my favorite games. Got it because I was super into the Mass Effect seris, and it was somewhat close to the first game

Both Binary Domain and Vanquish are criminally underrated. Binary Domain was one of the first games to take companion relationship meters and really roll with them.

I love the raw footage you show for each game definitely gives a better insight to what it’s like

Binary Domain was such a satisfying shooter. The hook at release was that as you shot the robots pieces would fall off, so there was that feeling of gradual destruction that felt new at the time.

Deadpool! I love that game. Got it digitally on my PS3 I still play it from time to time. I love the scene where you keep slapping Wolverine. 😂

I would LOVE to see Enslaved: Odyssey to the West included on one of these lists. Such a gorgeous post-apocalyptic world created by Ninja Theory, then you get to add in Andy Serkis as the voice of Monkey and his Mo-cap. What turns into a game long Escort Mission, much like Elizabeth in Bioshock Infintie, becomes a heartfelt, enjoyable third person platforming, meleeing, sometimes shooter through the greenest post-apocalyptic world I’ve had the pleasure of playing in. TLDR; talk about Enslaved a little please.

more lists like this, please! I love to see lesser known games highlighted. Some other channels talk about the same 20 games over and over and they get very boring.

Mad Max truly is an underrated gem. I've played dozens of open-world games and it's easily in my Top 10. Loved the hand-to-hand combat, destroying things felt incredibly satisfying, and the car upgrades really kept things fresh. Not to mention that it is a ton of fun to 100%

Alice Madness Returns was an incredible game. I got it the day it came out because it looked so cool. Freaking loved it.

I loved the Deadpool shoutout. I think that game was so great. I laughed so hard while playing that game that I had to put the controller down several times to compose myself. That game really understood Deadpool more than anything else I’ve seen in media.

Call of Juarez is such an underrated franchise. Hope the franchise can return someday. Great vid👍. Edit: I want to see a binary domain sequel as well.

I've been raving about Gunslinger to my friends for ages but they weren't interested, shame because it absolutely bangs. Thanks for bringing people awareness to it!

This War of Mine is somberly exquisite. A huge dose of reality that smacks you in the face with grief but somehow manages to instill hope. The fact that you're actually buying a game that helps fund relief for war victims IRL is the cherry on top. Curling up with this game during a cold winter is especially pleasing. Worth every penny at full price.

Mad max had the most satisfying hand-to-hand and vehicular combat I have experienced in games yet. The game had so many unique mechanics that were never seen before.

Mad Max is one of my favourite games and I stumbled on it by chance. It's really a gem and so many people dont know about it.

As Dusk Falls is the best game I've played with my XBox Game Pass. It took a moment to get used to the art style, but once I did, I was hooked. Plus things changing so much depending on seemingly random story choices was fun. What to do with one character's father influencing how they react with a gun later was super cool (I played it through twice because it was so good, and had such wildly different endings)

I own and LOVE Alice Madness Returns. I can't even remember how many times I've played it over the years. Definitely one of my top 5 favourite games and it is very sad that we won't be getting another installment.

Mad Max is probably one of the most enjoyable game experiences I've had. And Alpha Protocol was so fun! Feels like it got completely forgotten about

Starting off with Alice: Madness Returns, instantly gets a thumbs up from me. Sure the game has its imperfections, but it is a ton of fun. Especially if you like darker takes on classic stories.

Alice Madness Returns was such a blast, and the fact that you could unlock the previous entry and play through that game, too, made this game amazing. It was such a blast

This War of Mine really intrigued me and it turns out I already have it downloaded so big ups to y'all for inspiring me to play it and myself for already having apparently downloaded it in the past 😂

Alice was SO GOOD. Still have it installed on Steam because I love to go back and play it again from time to time. Gory, unique, and just fun all around.

I still remember when I played call of juarez gunslinger years ago, it was such an amazing fun game, they captured the western style amazingly and I am still disappointed that there is no sequel

Love This War of Mine (TWOM)!!! Great choice. Lots of replayability. Lots of variation. 1200 hours later, I still love this game!

Have been a fan of Alice the Madness Returns for a long time. Really interesting look to it and fun to play. Wish they would make another one.

Madmax.. Those thunderstorms were terrifyingly atmospheric and frightening, and somehow beautiful too... You never forget your first mad max 'Sandnado'..

I have to mention Child of Light. It's a fantastic experience - great story, fun exploration elements, and a great combat system.

Oh man I loved As Dusk Falls. Such a gem with an absolutely wild story and even wilder branches off the main narrative

This war of mine is very tricky and a fav to this day. At first you likely won’t survive, but once you learn from mistakes. You’ll likely survive 45-50+ day’s until the war is over. Too do it again under more intense scenario’s

Absolutely fantastic list! I've played nearly all these or have them in my library waiting to be played. Alpha Protocol was a bit janky at times but the overall game and it's concepts are Soooo damn good! I wish there were more like it or a second Alpha Protocol just with a new agent, I always find myself going back to AP every couple years or so to enjoy it again, I've already played it since it released.....I'd say 15 times, it never gets old, it's just such a fun game! As can be said for MANY of the games on this list, but also many couldn't be fit into the list as well as most of these were more recent games on newer platforms, there's still plenty of old games people looked over that are great too! All I gotta say for someone looking for new games, single player or not, don't limit yourself to the most up to date games or even ultra realistic graphics games, theres a plethora of old and older games out there that are dated visually, yes, but they are 10x better than most games today that dump their budget into photorealistic graphics instead of making a well rounded game. There's plenty of fun to be had no matter what the game looks like or when it came out....just give them a chance and you could be blown away!

Alpha Protocol was a gem for me, it made me so mad as a kid and my parents threatened to sell it so I buckled up and figured I’d tough it out and found it to an amazing RPG with amazing choices that effected quite a lot

I was lucky enough to get Mad Max when it came out. SO underrated. It's an amazing game.

Love this list, dude! This War Of Mine is extremely underrated & overlooked. Such an emotional rollercoaster, so much depth to the characters & story, so many tough, heart-wrenching decisions to make. If you haven't played it, please do! It's really quite something - but you need to prepare yourself, it really hits you HARD, squarely in the feels! Then it does it again, and again... Honorable mention: Contraband Police. A very recent release, but I watched a video of someone playing through it, and it was quite impressive. Think Papers Please meets (insert FPS here) meets The Long Drive, and you're about 1/2 way there...

Echo was SO GOOD. Trying to figure out how to progress through a sequence without doing too many certain actions made the puzzles that much more fun and challenging

I’m so happy to see The Pathless on this list. I found that game so beautiful in its simplicity. And then there’s that Austin Wintory soundtrack that brings me to tears. It’s so much fun but also almost… meditative? Idk. I love it!

Would love love love to see a part 2 to this. Need to know about more awesome singleplayer games I missed.

Loved the addition of footage for each game! More of this please!

9:30 So glad to see Echo get some love! Only played it recently and couldn't understand how it flew so far under the radar. Completely original, narrative driven, brilliant stealth / action game.

I'd say def the Metro series gets overlooked a LOT. Sure it's gotten more attention especially with the third entry, but that game has so many elements that are atmospheric, immersive, surprising emotional. It's fantastic and deserves more love. Especially how dynamic its wildlife AI is. I've never seen any other game get close to how well done and balanced that mutant wildlife is.

I absolutely loved Black Mesa, and how close they got to matching the original Half-Life ❤

Holy... did not EVER expect you to even mention AstLibra in a video. Thanks, absolutely love that game! Needs way more people to try it out.

Love how these keep coming up in my feed from Gameranx. Some of my all time favs were Pandemonium, Cold Winter and No One Live Forever. If they ever did a reboot of No One Lives Forever, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Night in the Woods, Oxenfree, Sally Face, Little Miss Fortune... Some very good, and varying degrees of disturbing, single player indies with great stories and surreal elements.

I remember picking up Binary Domain and not expecting much, but the game turned out to be a banger. The story was full of plot twists and corny, but extremely fun. The best mechanics of the game was how you can shoot and tear down the armor and limbs of robots and see metal chunks flying off. It was really satisfying.

Ah, Binary Domain. Great memories and what a masterpiece.

Mad Max is a must play. I've played this 4 times now and thinking about going for a 5th because of this video. Great game all round.

I still can't get enough of the smoothness and the funness of Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Mad Max might be top 15-20 for me. That game was awesome and I played it bac like last year, it's aged well.

One game I enjoyed from the old ps1 days was a game about the demolition derbies. Just cars smashing into each other. So Mad Max was an easy title to pick up and adore. The ground combat is satisfying too as the Batman combat was respected and adapted to fit the game. And the storms... Oh the storms. That was a neat experience. The first time they roll in you realize you really should have listened to your mechanic and sought shelter when you had the chance.

Wish game channels would talk about The Banner Saga. Awesome game series with an interesting story, beautifully hand drawn art and a score composed by Austin Wintory. I play through it once a year at this point.

Alpha Protocol is one of the best stealth/rpg combos ever made. Yes it has its flaws but the progressions, characters, locations all make up for it.

Alice: Madness Returns was such a lovely game. The art direction was something I had never seen before and it created a really unique atmosphere. It could get quite creepy at times, too. I was devastated when I heard a month ago that EA didn't want to fund a third game :( Man, it really deserved to continue. Having another iconic female lead in gaming wouldn't have hurt!

Incredible list, really impressed with it overall from covering so many games that I've loved and were underrated. Thanks for this video.

Call of juarez gun slinger is a master piece. The comic style i love it. And it gives you that cowboy vibe.

A game I loved was "gun" it was genuinely fun to play through

A remaster of alpha protocol would be LIT. The consequences affected the game

can confirm ASTLIBRA is AMAZING. Amazing story and the combat system is gratifying and makes you want to come back for more after you get DECIMATED from a difficult segment.

Binary Domain was so much fun! I played it on PS3 and then again on pc. It's on Steam for around $15. That one and Alpha Protocol were both games I loved that not a lot of other people seemed to, or even knew about.

I remember playing Alice, the madness returns and i loved every second of it, is such a fan game and extremely underrated

Gameranx ALWAYS come thru with the most entertaining video games content! I am glad I came across this Chan all those years ago 🔥

For me I can clearly think of 3 particularly awesome and pretty old games I loved that I never saw much on. First was a unique heist game, basically if Leverage was made into a game, called Th3 Plan. Had 3 characters you controlled to enact complex heists and manage all on screen at the same time. Fun and very hard. Second, a game called Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, now that was just a fun action game. Had all kinds of crazy psychic powers and basically blitzed through enemies in chaotic ways. Like telekinesis giant crates at people, or mind controlling guys to take out enemies and then themselves in pretty brutal ways. Lastly there was Rogue Trooper, action shooter about blue soldiers who are clones, with a lot of fun mechanics. Like installing the life chips of your fallen Brothers into your gear so now you can set your gun down and have it become a turret.

I still boot up Mad Max every so often! This game is extremely deep and I’ve never seen better open world car battles before. Also the weather especially the storms are massive, terrifying and unique!

THANK YOU!!! You mentioned alpha protocol and I absolutely love that game to this day. I still have my first original copy of it. One of the best stories I’ve ever played❤

I actually just finished Alice like a month or so ago. I'm not big on platformers but I loved that game. So creative and interesting and kind of a whodunnit too. Totally would play again.

Great list! We also need a list like this for co-op games like army of two for example

Another great video, guys! Day after day you guys manage to put out insightful, informative and relevant material for us to devour! Thank you for All your hard work!❤

Single player games often get overlooked. Thank you for doing this video, Jake!

For those wanting some kinda similar to the vibes of Alice but very different also, I recommend Lost in Random

Thank you for this video because I hadn’t even heard of most of these and am now going to give them a try 👍

i had 0 expectations but DAMN thanks for talking about CoJ: Gunslinger. such a good game

Mad max is just the perfect settings for a game and the game itself delivered amazingly. The sense of progression, upgrading your car, opening up the map, different storylines... Everything was SO good! One of the few games I 100%ed.

So happy you mentioned Alice madness returns. I absolutely love that game, it is so unique. Hopefully we ser another one day

I absolutely loved playing Deadpool as a kid, Call of Juarez is Definitely going to be a new purchase for me on Steam now, and surprisingly I'm rerunning through Mad Max at the moment too.

Great video!! I played and love most of these, but not for a while. Nice reminder!

I have played them all and binary domain destroy all the other games in my opinion. I was shocked that this game had a overall score of 6.8 for pc.

If you can look past Asura's Wrath's overreliance on QTEs and Capcom's questionable money-making shenanigans, this is an amazing single player experience with a story that may be a bit simple but it works, it has amazing cinematic cutscenes and breath-taking music that matches the pacing. It's easily in my top 5 most favorite video games of all time and yet saddly it's overlooked by many.

I actually have played As Dusk Falls and I loved it. I didn’t think the art style and photographic stills would work for me at first, but I’ve grown to love it. Highly recommend As Dusk Falls.

Alpha Protocol's night club scene was great. Turn up the radio blaring over the speakers during the boss battle was great.

One game I never see being talked about is ‘katana zero’. It’s such a fun game. Sometimes I feel like only me and my brother have ever played it 😅

The Deadpool game was so underrated, it was a blast to play through, I think I picked it up on sale at gamestop for like $15 at one point.

i'll definitely have to check out Echo and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, thanks for the recommendation. 👍 "Not Falcon" (lol)

Mad Max still has a place in my heart. I'm a massive fan of the new movies and that game gave me the absolute best vibes.

i can’t recommend mad max to enough people, man what a gem. One of many games that deserve a sequel it’ll never get.

Holy shit, they gave love to Call of Juarez 😢 I loved that game

I really didn't expect to see binary domain here.. glad someone mentioned it... Had great fun playing that game..

Well, proud to have played 3 games from the top four (Black Mesa, Deadpool & Call of Juarez: Gunslinger) & thanks for the recommendations.

As Dusk Falls was SO good, and the ability to pick different choices by all players, and giving people limited "charges" to force their decision was awesome and different

The worst thing about Binary Domain is that the main idea was the ability to talk with your in-game partner and issue orders. The entire game was built as proof-of-concept for player's interaction with in-game NPC's, sadly, the voice thing never really worked properly.

There was a brief mention in the gaming news realm that a Mad Max sequel was in the works before the pandemic (aka 2021-2020). There has been no updates since then. But I constantly search for news of Dragon Quest Builders 3, Rage 3 and Mad Max 2 (game)

Alice Madness Returns was the first game I played when I switched to controller consoles from PC, to get me used to them. It was so fun, I loved it so much and was the first thing I thought of when I saw the video title!