Single-player games like ZAR
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to ZAR, 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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Infect: The Last Stand
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
Experience brutal Hardcore PvPvE survival powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every decision matters, every step could be your last, and every sound you hear might be your final one. Do you have what it takes to survive the hunt?
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Afterinfection
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand. After creating your survivor, you’ll start with nothing and have to make your way across a large island searching for food, water, weapons, and crafting supplies.
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Polygeddon
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
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Game of Gods
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZAR.
Create your own religion and battle for domination of Earth's souls. Collect souls to upgrade your religion and battle other religions to control more territory and expand. Evolve your religion to higher states and dominate earth's souls to create your own utopia here on planet earth!
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Dead City
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
It doesn't matter who you are or who you were before. Welcome to the Dead City!
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STATION 07
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
Supplies are gone. Station 07 is cut off. As the last survivor, you must maintain the outpost and manage critical heat, power, and food systems. Battle hostile factions and mutated terrors in a frozen world. Will you sacrifice your humanity to survive the deep freeze?
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PermaNight
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
Survive in a world full of darkness. Gain resources. Kill entities. Repeat. But beware, there might be entities lurking around...
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LIFE EFFECT Survival
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
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Fallen from the sky
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
Fallen from the sky - a casual game with adventure elements, executed in 2.5 D graphics, where you have to descend from heaven to earth. The game is attractive not for its visual component and gameplay variety, but for the philosophical thought underlying it.
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Escape from Nowhere
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZAR.
Escape from Nowhere is an indie runner game where you run and have to dodge obstacles, collecting various bonuses.
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Us Against Aliens
Single-player alternative to ZAR — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ZAR.
Us Against Aliens is a survival shooter game on a spaceship that flies towards Earth. On the ship, something is constantly happening and you need to solve these problems along the way by shooting back from aliens who are constantly hunting you