30 BEST Single-Player Games From Recent Years You NEED TO PLAY

30 BEST Single-Player Games From Recent Years You NEED TO PLAY

Despite the rise of live service and multiplayer-focused titles, the past several years have been extremely good for single-player titles.

From enormous role-playing games and open worlds to action-packed adventures, these are 30 of the best single-player games that you have to play.

50 Comments

  1. Pablo Sapanga on November 1, 2021 at 9:54 am

    How has Returnal not made this list?!!



  2. Empty Skies on November 1, 2021 at 9:55 am

    I have enough for micro transactions and loot boxes, thanks for the video



  3. Rudeus Greyrat on November 1, 2021 at 9:56 am

    There should be sekiro



  4. FAT BOY on November 1, 2021 at 9:57 am

    If witcher 3 and red dead 2 is so low on your list than you have no idea what what a good single player story driven games is . Monster hunter world is a boring single player game atleast what i have heard from reviews , its more fun if you played with other people online. Its still a good list maybe should have added resident evil 7 and far cry 5. The map/open world of far cry 5 is so beautiful and that ending was a big twist.



  5. Peter on November 1, 2021 at 9:58 am

    RE2 remake, out of no where, became one of my fav games ever.



  6. Tactical Newfie on November 1, 2021 at 10:00 am

    This is just playstation stuff lol



  7. Harry Rose on November 1, 2021 at 10:01 am

    Outer wilds and Subnautica are 100 percent missing from this list.



  8. rockkiller124 on November 1, 2021 at 10:02 am

    I’m surprised you didn’t included DMC5, Doom Eternal and Psychonauts 2



  9. Sinn0100 on November 1, 2021 at 10:03 am

    The Last of Us 2 over Day’s Gome…nope. As soon as that divisive pile of dumpster fire showed up, I checked out. The story is terrible, the game is a slog, and it was all done to tear apart the community apart. It worked.



  10. Amol Bhatia on November 1, 2021 at 10:04 am

    Outer Wilds, Hollow Knight, Subnautica and Nier Automata should be on this list.



  11. Jeffery Tillis on November 1, 2021 at 10:11 am

    Without Hellblade the list is irrelevant. Would even pick some of the Assassin’s Creed games over much of this list.



  12. tarek alsalloum on November 1, 2021 at 10:12 am

    Here’s your next list GamingBolt
    1_Hollow knight
    2_cup head
    3_doom 2016& eternal
    4_Death stranding ( for some people)
    5_Titan fall 2
    6_fallout 4 after installing a lot of mods
    7_The dishonored series
    8_Shadow warrior 1&2
    9_Undertale
    10_Dark wood
    11_a night in the woods
    12_Nier automata
    13_Devil may cry 5
    14_Dying light
    15_Far cry 5
    16_Forza Horizon series
    17_Hell blade senioa’s sacrifice
    18_Observation
    19_The Outer Wilds
    20_Wasteland 3
    21_The metro series
    22_What remains of Edith Finch
    23_The artful escape
    24_Yakuza series
    The last 6 are up to you



  13. zachary voss on November 1, 2021 at 10:14 am

    Control is nowhere near a Metroidvania style game. It’s a 3rd person action adventure game. When I heard that I realized everything I just watched was a waste of time. Really dude?



  14. Pablo Sapanga on November 1, 2021 at 10:15 am

    I don’t care what people think, but Hades is a mobile game at best. I didn’t enjoy it at all



  15. Counterfluxed on November 1, 2021 at 10:16 am

    Hollow knight. Post comment



  16. Bill on November 1, 2021 at 10:17 am

    Feels good to know that i have played almost all of em.



  17. Adam Montgomery on November 1, 2021 at 10:18 am

    I think nioh and especially nioh 2 deserve a spot on this list.



  18. THE SYMBOL on November 1, 2021 at 10:19 am

    No arkham series?



  19. Metal Clown on November 1, 2021 at 10:20 am

    16 out of 30 owned. All I wanted was a pass so… BOOHYHA



  20. Damian Martini on November 1, 2021 at 10:20 am

    Yes, yes, right, played it, played….13 sentinels what?!?!?!?! Interesting…



  21. Robert Barger on November 1, 2021 at 10:20 am

    I refuse to play pvp shit ruined single player games



  22. MidniteBlues on November 1, 2021 at 10:20 am

    Sekiro’s final boss is the hardest boss I’ve ever fought



  23. Saint Salieri on November 1, 2021 at 10:21 am

    Celeste and Hollow Knight should be on here. I also quite enjoyed Octopath Traveler and Dragon Quest 11.



  24. Oguzuke on November 1, 2021 at 10:21 am

    Where is bioshock infinite??



  25. Mr. Davis on November 1, 2021 at 10:21 am

    I hate live service games



  26. Paul Bewley on November 1, 2021 at 10:22 am

    I would add Days Gone. Very underrated game.



  27. Joaquin Nievas on November 1, 2021 at 10:23 am

    A plague tale innocence



  28. P E R E Z on November 1, 2021 at 10:25 am

    Holy jabroni, what a great list.
    Hades, Bloodborne, RE2, God of War, Uncharted: Absolute killers 🗡



  29. Arno Schäfer on November 1, 2021 at 10:25 am

    So essentially, you need a state-of-the-art PC, VR Gear, XBox One, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch, and no social life. Check 😉



  30. darvell29 scott on November 1, 2021 at 10:25 am

    Single player 3rd person games are my favorite



  31. Shaun Levett on November 1, 2021 at 10:29 am

    Never heard an American say ‘muck about’ before. Very British.



  32. Robert Durst on November 1, 2021 at 10:29 am

    Not sure why the Demon’s Souls remake is on here tbh, especially when something like Hollow Knight isn’t on here



  33. Sparkball on November 1, 2021 at 10:30 am

    Anyone have a time machine that can take me to February 19th, 2022?



  34. Moses Douglas on November 1, 2021 at 10:31 am

    Replace Last of Us2 with Mass Effect Trilogy



  35. Chris Juckett on November 1, 2021 at 10:33 am

    No Shadow of the Colossus?! You have made an error, sir!



  36. Imagine Drogons on November 1, 2021 at 10:34 am

    agree with a lot if the picks but the monotone yank accent is hard to fall asleep to



  37. Gordon Tang on November 1, 2021 at 10:35 am

    I don’t have to scroll through the comments to know that many are going to blast you for not including Nier Automata



  38. Hubert Krakowski on November 1, 2021 at 10:40 am

    Definitely missing Crash Bandicoot 4 or Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy – unique series.



  39. Cupo22 on November 1, 2021 at 10:40 am

    Kingdome come deliverence ftw



  40. Dream'sFisher on November 1, 2021 at 10:41 am

    Metro Exodus?



  41. MaxTheMiracle on November 1, 2021 at 10:41 am

    BOTW is the worst zelda EVER



  42. Patrick Cox on November 1, 2021 at 10:42 am

    Some of this games are multi-player games. But whatever



  43. Jarid Vaith on November 1, 2021 at 10:46 am

    I wish these guys would do a countdown instead of just randomizing it. Hell, doing it in alphabetical order would be great too.



  44. Jannik O. on November 1, 2021 at 10:46 am

    A bit too… Mainstream games. Imo

    Edit. : even more boring mindless mainstream than I was expecting damn. Just listed 30 AAA title. Cool.



  45. Jon Ryan on November 1, 2021 at 10:46 am

    Not even in my top 300 are games with bosses that you have to die a 100 times to learn their ‘tells’. Replaying the same level again and again is beyond dull to me. What a lazy game mechanic.



  46. Juan Carlos Caravaca Bejarano on November 1, 2021 at 10:48 am

    I would have added Spider-Man Miles Morales to the list at the same level as Spider-Man. It improves quite a lot from the first game and the visuals are way better that the remaster.



  47. Syahir Fahim on November 1, 2021 at 10:49 am

    Immortal Fenyx Rising?



  48. Rafa Cervera on November 1, 2021 at 10:49 am

    Great list, but I’d definitely add Nier Automata and Hollow Knight



  49. First name Last name on November 1, 2021 at 10:50 am

    I was always a Xbox guy until last year I bought my friends ps4 pro because he never used it. Man I have been introduced to so many amazing games since then. I can’t believe all this time I’ve been missing out. Ps4 exclusives >



  50. DukeOfUley on November 1, 2021 at 10:51 am

    You forgot Hollow Knight!