Single-player games like Death Waves
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Death Waves, 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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Killing Floor
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Death Waves.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
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Project RIP
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Welcome to Project R.I.P. , control AI driven Agents in the battle against hordes of demons. Show your skills on the battlefield and on Global Leaderboards in this Singleplayer Horror Survival First Person Horde Shooter.
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Dead Effect
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
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Back 4 Blood
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Death Waves.
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Death Waves.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Death Waves.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Hentai Vs Furries
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Hentai VS Furries offers colorful gunshots. Skins, special angles for your enjoyment. And a "Pleasure" mode without a fight if you want to enjoy calm.
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Inglorious Waifu VS Nazi Zombies
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Save France from Hitler the fuhrer, with waifu and guns.
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Freebot : Battle for FreeWeb
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Freebot: Battle for FreeWeb is a frenzied third-person game where you have to be fast to dodge enemy shots. Fight for the free web !
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Hentai no Hero
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Hentai no Hero souls like you never expected, fight for them, fight for your honor !
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Paladin Slayer
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Paladin Slayer is a hack and slash / beat'em all game, in the third person. In a universe of medieval fantasy with intrigues and multiple environments. A story of adventures against a background of conspiracy
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Daenerys doesn’t want Hentai
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Daenerys does not want Hentai! but John Sand does not agree. Collect chests filled with gold to make war on him! And save Daenerys!
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Hentai Demon
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
The first flying Anime game !
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Hentai Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Death Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
A Naughty Roguelite with an MMO style Gameplay