Single-player games like Barricade
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Barricade, 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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Contagion
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Barricade.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Left 4 Dead
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Barricade.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
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Blood Waves
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Barricade.
Hardcore and bloody shooter where you will have to repel the attacks of the living dead using the destroying traps, defensive barricades and also weapon of close and long-range combat.
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Killing Floor 2
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Barricade.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
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Zombie Builder Defense 2
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Barricade.
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Barricade.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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Nasty Zombies
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Barricade.
Team up with up to 4 players and take on endless waves of Nasty Zombies in a high-intensity, movement-focused boomer shooter. Use agility and smart positioning to survive semi-procedural maps and unlock permanent upgrades like Blessings, Miracles, and cosmetics.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Barricade.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.
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Click and Conquer
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.
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Mining and Dwarves
Single-player alternative to Barricade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An incremental game where you mine rocks, gather ore, and recruit dwarves. Play actively for maximum gains, or idle and let the dwarves do the work.