Single-player games like Survival Z
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Survival Z, 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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Frontline Zed
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
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Zombie Builder Defense
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
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Shadowgrounds Survivor
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
Surviving is only half the game. The award-winning atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original Shadowgrounds make a triumphant return in this spin off/sequel armed with a slick new feature set! Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.
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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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The Final Station
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
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Left 4 Dead
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
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The Last Stand: Aftermath
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
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ZERO Sievert
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Survival Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survival Z.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.