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Single-player games like Em-A-Zurvival

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Em-A-Zurvival, 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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    Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator — Steam game cover

    Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scotophobia — Steam game cover

    Scotophobia

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    Scotophobia is a psychological horror in which you’re your accommodation is rapidly changing ceasing to belong to you. Will you be able to uphold your abode, reveal the origin of the mysterious guests, keep sanity, and… survive?

    2024IndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Burn Me Alive — Steam game cover

    Burn Me Alive

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    Explore a surreal world, solve puzzles, fight monsters and get to the bottom of the mystery of this compelling horror thriller.

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Echoes of the Living — Steam game cover

    Echoes of the Living

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms: Lost Tape — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: Lost Tape

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    iBLiS — Steam game cover

    iBLiS

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Security: The Horrible Nights — Steam game cover

    Security: The Horrible Nights

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    Every time you die, a new story begins. You are the nighttime security guard at a hospital. Your job is to monitor the hospital and fix problems when they happen. Every night, a new horror tale will unfold. If you can survive enough nights, you will learn the truth behind all the horror!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    March of the Living — Steam game cover

    March of the Living

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Harvest Island — Steam game cover

    Harvest Island

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    Discover your sinister purpose in this horror farming game. Your idyllic farm life can't be trusted. Keep up with the façade as you give your crops to the gods. Explore the ominous island and question everything. You must fake your blissful farming days. Your life depends on it.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Em-A-Li — Steam game cover

    Em-A-Li

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Em-A-Zurvival.

    A portal inspired walking simulator horror game.

    2020IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Journey's End — Steam game cover

    A Journey's End

    Single-player alternative to Em-A-Zurvival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Em-A-Zurvival.

    A boy wakes up in the spirit world not knowing how he got there. He needs to find a way home but is caught up working for the owner of the bath house. Forced to work, he must find a way to escape the bath house, and find his way back home before the spirit feast festival arrives

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →