Single-player games like Knock Harder
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Knock Harder, 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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Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knock Harder.
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
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SKYHILL
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knock Harder.
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knock Harder.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knock Harder.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Dread Flats
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knock Harder.
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
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Who's at the door?
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knock Harder.
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
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The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Knock Harder.
Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.
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Pathologic Classic HD
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knock Harder.
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
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DEAD RISING®
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knock Harder.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
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Into The Matrix
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knock Harder.
"Into The Matrix" is a multiplayer horror game where you and your friends must explore, survive, and outsmart dangers . Many entities are after you, but the Overseer is the true threat. Can you escape its grasp?
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Weird Hero
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knock Harder.
Weird Hero is a humorous and challenging shoot'em up where the hero, SuperMegaDude, battles countless foes with his arsenal of weird weapons: the Flickinator, the Atomic Toaster, a magician's hat and other strange devices.
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No Time To Live
Single-player alternative to Knock Harder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knock Harder.
This is a story about an office clerk who tries to leave monotonous routine of life and do a book. And if he could find the time for his dream it depends on you.