Single-player games like Living Dead
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Living Dead, 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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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to Living Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living Dead.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
Single-player alternative to Living Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living Dead.
Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
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The Ascent
Single-player alternative to Living Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living Dead.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
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Outbreak: The New Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Living Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living Dead.
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!
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Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Single-player alternative to Living Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living Dead.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
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Frontline Zed
Single-player alternative to Living Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living Dead.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
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Nation Red
Single-player alternative to Living Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living Dead.
Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.
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Not Dying Today
Single-player alternative to Living Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living Dead.
Not dying today is a 2D side-scrolling action game. In 2030, the world has been taken over by zombies. With fire and blade, bullets and guns, you, captain Aiden, will do anything to protect the last human kind, anything, even turn into a zombie, using zombie power to kill zombies.