Single-player games like Deadnaut: Signal Lost
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Deadnaut: Signal Lost, 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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Deadnaut
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.
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Caves of Qud
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
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Approaching Infinity
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
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Stirring Abyss
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
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Jupiter Hell
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.
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Inkbound
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
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MENACE
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
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Quasimorph
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Duskers
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
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Zafehouse: Diaries
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
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Zafehouse Diaries 2
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
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Fear Equation
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut: Signal Lost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut: Signal Lost.
Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.