Single-player games like Dust to the End
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Dust to the End, 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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Sheltered 2
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
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Raiders! Forsaken Earth
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
Raiders! Forsaken Earth is a strategy/management game where you play as the leader of a merciless band of post-apocalyptic marauders. Build up your organization while extorting, kidnapping, and destroying the last remnants of civilization. The wasteland doesn't need another hero...
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Caravaneer 2
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.
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Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
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Z Dawn
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
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Kenshi
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Dustland Delivery
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!
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Nowhere Prophet
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
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Sands of Salzaar
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
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Mad Max
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dust to the End.
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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Vagrus - The Riven Realms
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dust to the End.
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
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Banner of Conquest
Single-player alternative to Dust to the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dust to the End.
Brotato meets Three Kingdoms! Evolve basic weapons into god-tier artifacts like the Green Dragon Blade. Play as 20+ heroes—including the Emperor who shops for 0 GOLD. Stack infinite stats, break the game, and survive the bullet heaven!