Single-player games like The Walking Dead
Below are 24 single-player Steam games similar to The Walking Dead, 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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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Until Dawn™
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
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This War of Mine
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
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The Cat Lady
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
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Beyond: Two Souls
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
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Life is Strange 2
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
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Detroit: Become Human
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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The Quarry
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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Finding Paradise
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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The Walking Dead: Season Two
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.
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The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
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Tales from the Borderlands
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
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Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series is a six part episodic game series set in the world of HBO's groundbreaking TV show. This new story tells of House Forrester, a noble family from the north of Westeros, loyal to the Starks of Winterfell.
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
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Poker Night at the Inventory (2010 Original Version)
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club and play against familiar faces!
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The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
Single-player alternative to The Walking Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books.