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Single-player games like Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved, 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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    Swarm the City: Prologue — Steam game cover

    Swarm the City: Prologue

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    In Swarm the City, you will play as Karr the Great, a dark lord of zombies. You must find the weaknesses in the human cities and then destroy them. Evolve your zombie army. Choose the best strategy and infiltrate the cities until they are under your rule!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orb of Aeternum — Steam game cover

    Orb of Aeternum

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    A bite sized dungeon manager game that requires new strategies every time you play! Mine, build, and fight your way to success.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebirth evolution — Steam game cover

    Rebirth evolution

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    They Are Billions — Steam game cover

    They Are Billions

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zombie Night Terror — Steam game cover

    Zombie Night Terror

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Final Outpost: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Final Outpost: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

    2025StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Buggos — Steam game cover

    Buggos

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!

    2022StrategySimulationCasual16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chromosome Evil — Steam game cover

    Chromosome Evil

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

    2022Strategy14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infectonator: Survivors — Steam game cover

    Infectonator: Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    "Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swarm the City: Full Release Prologue — Steam game cover

    Swarm the City: Full Release Prologue

    Single-player alternative to Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved.

    Swarm the City is a mild strategy real-time combat game with a protagonist villain. You play as the King of Zombies to build a zombie army, destroy cities and rule the world again.

    2022ActionStrategyRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →