Single-player games like ProtoZED
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to ProtoZED, 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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Zombie Survival Game Online
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
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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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with ProtoZED.
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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Crashlands
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
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Welcome to ParadiZe
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
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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Necesse
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
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Night of the Dead
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
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Corduroy Hollow
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
Corduroy Hollow® is a first-person survival horror game set in a decrepit house in the middle of the woods tainted by evil and the occult. Discover the truth. Escape the mansion. Above all, fear the Corduroy Demon…and survive.
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Abaddon's Veil
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ProtoZED.
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny spaceship through turbulent "waters" surrounding a supermassive blackhole. Retrieve and scan sites of interest while managing your noise footprint.
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Improbability Control Bureau
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Monitor live surveillance cameras. Spot anomalies. From eerie furniture shifts to unexpected intrusions, report anomalies to correct them and survive.
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DeResolution
Single-player alternative to ProtoZED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ProtoZED.
BANG...You awake to find yourself in a foreign place called the BIT-GRID. Explore, fight, and throw your vorpal frisbee to escape this digital landscape.