Single-player games like PermaNight
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to PermaNight, 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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Beneath the Permafrost
Single-player alternative to PermaNight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PermaNight.
The world has ended, but the storm remains. Experience survival-horror within the ruins of a fractured city. Stay warm. Fight the dead. Find the Fountain. Will you be buried beneath the eternal blizzard? Or will you cheat death itself? Every bullet, every match, and every decision counts.
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The Last Society
Single-player alternative to PermaNight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PermaNight.
In The Last Society, you leave a 20-year bunker to survive a realistic post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge, ride horses, and face terrifying zombies.
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Land of Zombies
Single-player alternative to PermaNight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PermaNight.
World is waiting for you! Save the world from those Zombies. Let's get started...
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Survive Avalon
Single-player alternative to PermaNight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PermaNight.
Open World, Survival, Crafting, Dungeons
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Anarchy: Wolf's law : Prologue
Single-player alternative to PermaNight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PermaNight.
Anarchy: Wolf's Law – Action, fun, and total control! Capture territories, grow your business, and spread chaos throughout the world of Anarchy. Strengthen your grip on the regions, develop and establish production, crushing all those who stand in your way. A dynamic shooter with elements of RPG, survival, and management.
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Sometimes They Come Back
Single-player alternative to PermaNight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PermaNight.
Clear up the mysteries and horrors of the ominous Freedom Towers and try to salvage your life. Investigate, talk with the other residents to reveal their secrets, solve puzzles, cry, suffer... and try to play through the game — before the game plays through you.
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Deadline Escape
Single-player alternative to PermaNight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PermaNight.
Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to PermaNight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PermaNight.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.