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Single-player games like Deadly Step

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Deadly Step, 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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    Twofold Tower — Steam game cover

    Twofold Tower

    Single-player alternative to Deadly Step — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deadly Step.

    Solve 1000+ handcrafted puzzles, and ponder a philosophical narrative set in the ruins of a broken fantasy world. Outwit monsters, manipulate time and space, and transcend your all-too-human limits – or go mad trying…

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NEO Scavenger — Steam game cover

    NEO Scavenger

    Single-player alternative to Deadly Step — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Deadly Step.

    NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead State: Reanimated — Steam game cover

    Dead State: Reanimated

    Single-player alternative to Deadly Step — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Deadly Step.

    Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Endzone - A World Apart — Steam game cover

    Endzone - A World Apart

    Single-player alternative to Deadly Step — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Deadly Step.

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zafehouse: Diaries — Steam game cover

    Zafehouse: Diaries

    Single-player alternative to Deadly Step — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Deadly Step.

    Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden — Steam game cover

    Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

    Single-player alternative to Deadly Step — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

    2018StrategyRPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Remnant: From the Ashes — Steam game cover

    Remnant: From the Ashes

    Single-player alternative to Deadly Step — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadly Step.

    The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

    2019ActionAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Contagion — Steam game cover

    Contagion

    Single-player alternative to Deadly Step — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deadly Step.

    Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →