Single-player games like Dying Light
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Dying Light, 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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Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Dying Light.
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
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Dying Light: The Beast
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Dying Light.
BECOME THE BEAST. SURVIVE THE NIGHT. A terrifying new chapter in the Dying Light universe begins. As Kyle Crane, explore the vast and unpredictable wilderness, uncover a deadly evolution of the infected, and learn to control the beastly powers awakening inside you.
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Dead Island 2
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.
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Days Gone
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Dying Light.
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
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.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Dying Light.
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 Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
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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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Dying Light.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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Borderlands 2
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Dying Light.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Resident Evil 2
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Dead Island Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
From the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez® Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws.
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Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
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Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
THE OLD WEST, 1864. In order to save their family, the McCall brothers will kill anyone who stands between them and the legendary Gold of Juarez.
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Call of Juarez
Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dying Light.
Call of Juarez is an epic adventure western themed FPS game. The player alternately assumes the roles of two distinct, antagonistic characters: a sneaking fugitive Billy and his hunter the reverend Ray.
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Single-player alternative to Dying Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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