Single-player games like Dead Pixels
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Pixels, 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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Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Pixels.
Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW!
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Deadly 30
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Pixels.
Can you survive the horror? … a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a zombie-infested world by recruiting companions, upgrading weaponry and fortifying your position.
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Organ Trail: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Pixels.
Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Pixels.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Pixels.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Pixels.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Infernax
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Pixels.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
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Diehard Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Pixels.
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dead Pixels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Pixels.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.