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Single-player games like Look Alive

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Look Alive, 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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    Zector 7 — Steam game cover

    Zector 7

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

    Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Herd is Coming — Steam game cover

    Herd is Coming

    Single-player alternative to Look Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Look Alive.

    "Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    How to Survive — Steam game cover

    How to Survive

    Single-player alternative to Look Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Look Alive.

    “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?

    2014ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Zomboid — Steam game cover

    Project Zomboid

    Single-player alternative to Look Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Look Alive.

    Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

    2013IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frozen State — Steam game cover

    Frozen State

    Single-player alternative to Look Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Look Alive.

    Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.

    2016ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DeadPoly — Steam game cover

    DeadPoly

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

    DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LifeZ - Survival — Steam game cover

    LifeZ - Survival

    Single-player alternative to Look Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Look Alive.

    LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.

    2018ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PolyZ — Steam game cover

    PolyZ

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

    Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →