Single-player games like Dead Estate
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Estate, 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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Versus Purgatory
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
Versus Purgatory is a micro-roguelike shoot-em-up with mind-bending gameplay in which you delve into a dungeon, controlling two characters at the same time.
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Baby Redemption
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
Baby Redemption is a high paced rogue-like shooter where you have to save babies in glorious intense slow-motion action. Weapons, bullets, babies, fun and bullet-time. What more do you need?
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Risk the Dark
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
Risk the Dark is an action-filled top-down roguelite set in harrowing darkness. Struggle to escape a shadowy, monster-infested cave while battling threat after threat. Using a variety of weapons, melee, as well as interactions with NPCs and items, light your way and Risk the Dark.
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Headbangers in Holiday Hell
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
Christmas. Christmas never changes. Soon those overzealous little freaks will swarm the city led by that bearded maniac. But this time, we fight back. Inspired by Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Beavis&Butthead's heavy metal comedy, this is twin-stick mayhem like you've never experienced before.
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Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is a fast-paced 2d shooting game with a random story. You control a group of three migrants traveling west along a wagon trail. The game consists of short scenes that are sequenced together in a semi-random way to tell a crazy adventure story.
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Cycled
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
Cycled is an interdimensional roguelike where you combine skills and strengths of two heroes to overcome ever-changing challenges
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SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
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Iron Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
Iron Dungeon combines a twin-stick shooter, a 2d platformer and a roguelite. Explore a dangerous underground complex in search of dozens of weapons, gadgets and upgrades to find a way to the surface and find out if there is still life on Earth!
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Estate.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Estate.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
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Minecraft Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Dead Estate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Estate.
Fight your way through an exciting action-adventure game, inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in the Minecraft universe!