Single-player games like World War Zero
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to World War Zero, 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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Iron Storm
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Western Germany, March 1964... The last Great War rages on. Madness at the front lines. Men butchering each other. War-torn Europe stands ripped apart by a front line that runs straight through the heart of Germany where American and Western European troops battle against enemy forces.
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NecroVision
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
War is Hell. NecroVision is a first-person shooter that takes gamers across the frantic battlegrounds of World War I and into a dark underworld of vampires, demons and dark magic.
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.
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Singularity™
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Wolfenstein®: The Old Blood™ is a standalone prequel to the critically acclaimed first-person action-adventure shooter, Wolfenstein®: The New Order. This adventure spans eight chapters and features the hallmarks of MachineGames – thrilling action, immersive story, and intense FPS combat.
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Dread Templar
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
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Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Finish the hunt in this epic finale to the Turok Trilogy. Pick up immediately after the events of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, with dual protagonists Joseph and Danielle Fireseed, of the Turok family tree, as they battle the titular antagonist Oblivion and its followers, the Flesh Eaters.
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Call of Juarez
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Call of Juarez is an epic adventure western themed FPS game. The player alternately assumes the roles of two distinct, antagonistic characters: a sneaking fugitive Billy and his hunter the reverend Ray.
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Wolfenstein 3D
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
World War II rages. The Nazis are planning to build an unstoppable, mutant army. On a mission to steal the secret plans, you were captured and imprisoned. Now, a lucky break gives you the chance to escape, but a maze of passages and trigger-happy Nazis stand in your way.
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Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (Classic)
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Become an elite Fire Warrior and fight the forces of the Imperium of Man in an action-packed classic FPS. Experience Warhammer 40,000 from a unique T'au perspective with a story full of twists and betrayal.
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Red Faction II
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Twenty-second century Earth. Five years after the rebellion on Mars. For the last 15 years, Sopot, the corrupt dictator, has oppressed the people of the Commonwealth. His relentless pursuit of unification with the neighboring United Republic has left the country soaked in unnecessary bloodshed and poverty.
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Medal of Honor: Airborne
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the “All-American” 82nd Airborne Division, and revolutionize the way the war is fought. From a rocky beginning in Sicily to war winning triumphs in the heart of Germany, fight the epic WWII battles that turned America’s first paratroopers into combat legends.
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Medal of Honor™
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Fight Today's War: Elite Special Forces in a gritty combat campaign using the surgical tactics of Tier 1 Operators combined with the sledgehammer force of Army Rangers.
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
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Across Killzone
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
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Sniper Elite 4
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Discover unrivalled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Experience tactical third-person combat, gameplay choice and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism.
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Sniper Elite 5
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.
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Sniper Elite 3
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Sniper Elite 3 is a tactical third-person shooter that combines stealth, gameplay choice and genre-defining ballistics with huge, open levels and the exotic terrain of World War 2 North Africa.
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Aliens vs. Predator™
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
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Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
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Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!
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Strange Brigade
Single-player alternative to World War Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with World War Zero.
Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!