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Single-player games like Cards of the Dead - Prologue

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Cards of the Dead - Prologue, 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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    Cards of the Dead — Steam game cover

    Cards of the Dead

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    尸毒来袭 - Zombie Virus Attack — Steam game cover

    尸毒来袭 - Zombie Virus Attack

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    A deadly zombie virus is coming... The girl came to the hospital where her father worked to look for her relatives. Can you help her overcome all the dangers and find a way out of the crisis-ridden place?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebirth evolution — Steam game cover

    Rebirth evolution

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    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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    Strain Tactics — Steam game cover

    Strain Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse — Steam game cover

    Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    “The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ZombieCards — Steam game cover

    ZombieCards

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    ZombieCards is a card-based post-apocalyptic game inspired by Russian Roulette. Set in the zombie-infested city of Travis, embark on a crazy adventure where card battles are key to scavenging supplies, building camp, and outwitting other survivors. Survival is your sole purpose!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Big Winner — Steam game cover

    Big Winner

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    In a future where the financial system has collapsed, the lottery becomes a lifeline for survival, with luck as the only currency. As an ordinary person in this predestined world, can you leverage the "Luck System" with courage and wit to rise from obscurity and attain the wealth others covet?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation10.00 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flesh Eaters — Steam game cover

    Flesh Eaters

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead

    2016ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Furwind — Steam game cover

    Furwind

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    Furwind is a colorful, pixel art style, action-platformer game that evokes the challeging classics of the old days. Embark on this epic adventure in which a little fox will fight the ominous darkness that is invading its world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Creepy Syndrome — Steam game cover

    The Creepy Syndrome

    Single-player alternative to Cards of the Dead - Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cards of the Dead - Prologue.

    The Creepy Syndrome is an anthology that offers several psychological horror stories, with different pixel art and retro 1 bit, 8 bit, gameboy, etc. styles. Stories of a disturbed mind that intertwine with each other while being analysed by a mysterious psychiatrist.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →