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Single-player games like Z Arena

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Z Arena, 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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    Arizona Sunshine® — Steam game cover

    Arizona Sunshine®

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z Arena.

    Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hellbreach: Vegas — Steam game cover

    Hellbreach: Vegas

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z Arena.

    Hellbreach: Vegas is a Wave-based First-Person Shooter for 1-4 players, made with passion by a one man dev team! Set your loadout, kill, and earn cash. Take a spin on the various slot machines and level up to improve your survival chances. Are you ready to try your luck?

    2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Contagion — Steam game cover

    Contagion

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z Arena.

    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 →
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    Gynophobia — Steam game cover

    Gynophobia

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z Arena.

    Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Left 4 Dead 2 — Steam game cover

    Left 4 Dead 2

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Z Arena.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Effect — Steam game cover

    Dead Effect

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z Arena.

    Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!

    2014ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Killing Floor 2 — Steam game cover

    Killing Floor 2

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Z Arena.

    In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

    2016Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat — Steam game cover

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Z Arena.

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.

    2010ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Raed — Steam game cover

    Raed

    Single-player alternative to Z Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z Arena.

    After a black hole incident, you're stranded in space with fading oxygen and unanswered questions. Explore haunting environments, uncover hidden truths, and piece together the fate of your crew. Can you survive long enough to confront the dark secret that awaits?

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →