Single-player games like Deadlight
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Deadlight, 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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Deadlight: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight.
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
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Isolated Island: After the flood
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Survive in a world drowned by disaster. Explore by day, hide by night, fight zombies, scavenge resources, build your shelter, and trade with other factions. Your survival, your strategy.
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I Am Alive
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight.
I Am Alive casts the player as a lone survivor in a believable, dark and insecure post-apocalyptic world.
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Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadlight.
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadlight.
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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Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight.
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
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KUNAI
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
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Ninja Pizza Girl
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Ninja Pizza Girl is a serious game about bullying, emotional resilience – and pizza delivering ninjas! It’s a fast, flow-based game about Gemma, a sixteen-year-old girl trying to keep her dreams alive in face of the most merciless enemies known to any teenage girl – other teenagers.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Deadly Rain
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Deadly Rain is a survival horror FPS game that puts you in a terrifying fight for survival against hordes of scary mutants in a rainy, abandoned village. Find and manage resources to stay alive in the worst and most unexpected situations.
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This War of Mine
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deadlight.
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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FAR: Lone Sails
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
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Little Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight.
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
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My Friend Pedro
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Deadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadlight.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.