Single-player games like Dead Unending
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Unending, 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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Survivalist
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Unending.
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
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HumanitZ
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Unending.
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
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LifeZ - Survival
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Unending.
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
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The Last FARMER
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Unending.
"The Last Farmer" is not just a tale of survival; it's a journey of restoration. Amidst the sprawling deserts of a forgotten Texas, your farm becomes a symbol of hope and persistence.
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Infection Free Zone
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Unending.
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Unending.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Zombie Survival Game Online
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Unending.
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
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No One Survived
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Unending.
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Unending.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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PEGGO!
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Dead Unending.
Become a PEGGO! Quintillionaire in this exciting pachinko incremental game.
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Portal Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Unending.
Sand flows and portals glow in this one-of-a-kind puzzle adventure
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Incremental Island
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Unending.
Build and expand a vibrant civilization on a procedurally generated island. Trade and conquer with other island nations to grow your wealth.
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Level Down
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Unending.
Crashed in space, the floors are collapsing! Venture upwards through 100 procedurally generated floors in 'Level Down.' Run, jump, and climb to the top! But be careful, one misstep could lead to a long fall back down.