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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iZolated
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Unending.
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
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The Survivors
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Unending.
You crashed near a city infested by an unknown virus, you discover a world of nightmare infested with zombies but also by fanatics. Deliver yourself, craft, build and fight for your survival and the other survivors that populate this world in this survival game.
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Decision: Red Daze
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Unending.
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
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Another Try
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Unending.
The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors! You will have to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world populated by the living dead.
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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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Beltex
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Unending.
Beltex is a casual factory game played on a hex map. Extract numbers. Combine them using mathematical operations. Deliver them using belts across a huge map. Unlock new buildings and upgrades.
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Rebirth evolution
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Unending.
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
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Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
Single-player alternative to Dead Unending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Unending.
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
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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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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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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.