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Single-player games like Outbreak: Epidemic

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Outbreak: Epidemic, 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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    Outbreak — Steam game cover

    Outbreak

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Race against the clock and battle the undead in this co-op survival horror nightmare.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AI Olympius — Steam game cover

    AI Olympius

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Join the rebels in a third-person shooter with RPG elements and base-building mode. Fight against various combat drone models under the control of the supreme AI.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aliens: Fireteam Elite — Steam game cover

    Aliens: Fireteam Elite

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

    2021ActionRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN — Steam game cover

    EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Save the world without hope. Year 2040. An action TPS where you will become one of the EDF soldiers and fight against the invaders from outer space which ruined the world. In the world settings which differs from the original "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" series, more than 50 missions in five difficulties await for your challenge.

    2019Action59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gears 5 — Steam game cover

    Gears 5

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.

    2019ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil 6 — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil 6

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    World War Z — Steam game cover

    World War Z

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

    2021Action14.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warframe — Steam game cover

    Warframe

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game

    2013ActionRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outbreak: The New Nightmare — Steam game cover

    Outbreak: The New Nightmare

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure2.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles — Steam game cover

    Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outbreak: Lost Hope — Steam game cover

    Outbreak: Lost Hope

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Help a mother survive against the undead and find her her lost daughter in this hardcore survival horror nightmare.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outbreak: Endless Nightmares — Steam game cover

    Outbreak: Endless Nightmares

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    The nightmare continues for Lydia and her fellow survivors. Experience true horror in this co-op survival horror roguelike.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outbreak: Contagious Memories — Steam game cover

    Outbreak: Contagious Memories

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    You’re trapped in a city ravaged by the undead - can you make it out alive? Join Lydia in her desperate struggle to escape, either alone or with a friend in co-op, in this chilling love letter to classic 90s survival horror.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dinobreak — Steam game cover

    Dinobreak

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Dinosaurs have returned in this retro survival horror crisis.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows — Steam game cover

    Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows

    Single-player alternative to Outbreak: Epidemic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Outbreak: Epidemic.

    Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →