Single-player games like Vacant Planet
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Vacant Planet, 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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Xheres
Single-player alternative to Vacant Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Planet.
Either FPS or TPS, choose your play style and survive the apocalypse on your own or with your friends. But one must know for sure it ain't gonna be easy, there are hordes waiting for you. Not even considering tough ones... Nevertheless it's gonna be fun.
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The Lifeline
Single-player alternative to Vacant Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Planet.
To escape this terrifying hospital, you must leave your fears behind. Can you do it? Explore, face zombies, use weapons, avoid traps, and react fast to survive.
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Nocturne Island Obscuria
Single-player alternative to Vacant Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Planet.
Obscuria 2 is a horror and adventure experience created in Unreal Engine 5, where you will investigate an abandoned island with many secrets, mysteries and scares.
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V696
Single-player alternative to Vacant Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Vacant Planet.
V696 is a first-person horror-thriller game. It contains a cult subject of veiled beings. Even if everything seems clear at first glance, it has a gripping story that will throw you a curve.
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Dawn of Horror
Single-player alternative to Vacant Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Planet.
Dawn of Horror is a high-intensity Action Horror FPS set in the decaying urban sprawl of Cygnus City. Following the collapse of civilization into a digital Dark Age, step into the role of Kage—a survivor seeking vengeance against hordes of Cyber-Zombies and bio-mechanical monstrosities.
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Terror Brain: Night Out
Single-player alternative to Vacant Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Planet.
Terror Brain: Night Out is a Single-Player First-Person Action-Adventure Psychological Horror PC Game where you take on the role of university student Sarah Mitchell while she is trying to understand what happened to her after everything went dark during a night out at the local bar.
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Deborg Desolation Pre-Born
Single-player alternative to Vacant Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Vacant Planet.
Deborg Desolation is a first-person indie game intended for the survival of mankind. Train to be a soldier capable of containing any injurious entity to achieve the survival of your own race, seek to plan strategies that allow your advancement without stopping.
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Nulla Via
Single-player alternative to Vacant Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Planet.
NULLA VIA is a WW2 psychological horror set in a preserved, abandoned war town. Explore silent ruins, bunkers, and mass graves where life was erased. Shadows cannot be killed by bullets alone. Use your camera, your weapons, and your sanity to survive. This town was never rebuilt for a reason.