Single-player games like VAR: Exterminate
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to VAR: Exterminate, 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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A Terrible Place
Single-player alternative to VAR: Exterminate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VAR: Exterminate.
What seems like a simple mission turns into a fight for survival as the island wakes up to greet its new arrivals.
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Survival Denied
Single-player alternative to VAR: Exterminate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VAR: Exterminate.
Survival Denied is a casual zombie shooter, made primarily with VR in mind. Wide choice of weapons, perks and power-ups make the game interesting. Dive in and try to survive as long as you can!
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Dark Invasion VR: Doomsday
Single-player alternative to VAR: Exterminate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VAR: Exterminate.
A terrifying, brutal horror VR shooter adventure with quests, zombies, mutants, and guns! At the onset of the apocalypse, you find yourself inside an old bunker. You must fight your way with full force through the ranks of the undead army of the Dark Invasion to find a way out of that forsaken place
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POSTZ: ZOMBIES VR
Single-player alternative to VAR: Exterminate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VAR: Exterminate.
Get straight to the action with quick access, easy to pick up and hard to master gameplay. Consecutive headshots give an increasingly large bonus point reward. Zombies are moving in from every angle so scan your surroundings to find your next target before it finds you!
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Ashes of the Ark
Single-player alternative to VAR: Exterminate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VAR: Exterminate.
Built exclusively for VR, Ashes of the Ark puts you into a survival situation where zombies have taken over the failing space station. Handle the most realistic weapons with real-life movements, freely explore the Ark, and solve puzzles in VR. Can you stop the Flood before they reach the cryo-sector?
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Monster Showdown
Single-player alternative to VAR: Exterminate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VAR: Exterminate.
Monster Showdown is an action packed VR shooter. Increase your chances of survival against an ever growing horde of monster by exploring your environment and strengthening yourself by picking up Perks, Ranged Weapons and Melee Weapons.
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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to VAR: Exterminate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VAR: Exterminate.
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.
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Sweet Surrender VR
Single-player alternative to VAR: Exterminate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VAR: Exterminate.
Sweet Surrender is a fast-paced roguelike VR shooter. Fight your way up a dystopian megatower, filled to the brim with tyrant machines hell-bent on destroying the last of humanity. Build your arsenal of weapons, upgrades, and explosives to take down the machine overlords.