Single-player games like Desert Of The Dead
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Desert Of The 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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Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
They have launched an active invasion on our lands in late September this year, so let us break free of the slavic hand that held us by our balls for many ages! Rally all of our reptile militia, we will end this all together! LIZARDS, WE WILL NEVER BE SLAVES BUT WE WILL BE CONQUERORS!
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PARA♰BELLUM ~ 魔弹帕菈
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Necromancer's army is gathering! But he can't afford Necronomicon Prime so his army can only use free medieval equipment set... We believe that one battle sister can solve them well. Go Forth, Sister Para, Blast your enemy in this survivor-like shooter game!
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Cyberwar: Neon City
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Explore a cyberpunk universe where monkeys rule. Challenge the fearsome Cyber Monkeys as you take on the role of a hero armed with a living shark weapon.
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Good Robot
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?
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Rush Rover
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
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Peace Data
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
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Gunlocked
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
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The Crackpet Show
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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Organ Trail: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.
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STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
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Brain Break
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Brain Break is a minimalistic but not simple puzzle game. The object of the game is to move all the cubes to their positions of their color. It's not as easy as it sounds! The player can push one cube at a time, but not pull it.
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Dark Treasury
Single-player alternative to Desert Of The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
The world is in danger! Someone opened a portal to the other world, from which an unknown evil escaped. You are a nameless warrior, and your task is to set off on a journey full of dangers to destroy the evil that breaks free. But will you succeed?