Single-player games like The Dead Await
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Dead Await, 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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Zector 7
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.
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The Dead Await: Prologue
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Dead Await.
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
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Sandbox Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Dead Await.
Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.
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Deadwalker Chronicles
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Can you survive the ultimate zombie apocalypse? Build your deck and take on a customizable Encounter Deck made from Mission, Zombie, Danger, and Location cards. Every choice matters as you face relentless threats in a collapsing world. Adapt, strategize, and prove your survival instincts!
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Sustained
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
This is a open world Survival Zombie game with survival mechanics in single player and (PVP) (PVE) in Multiplayer or Co-Op. Join a few friends and look who can survive the island full of zombies and other players trying to survive like you, it has base building, Crafting, food, water, Temperatures.
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末日血战
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Dead Await.
《末日血战》是一款免费的放置策略游戏，在这里，指挥官，您将率领您的英雄小队，在危机四伏的末世之中，搜索物资，探索秘境，抗击外敌，打造专属于您的英雄基地。
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Urban Strife
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
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Stay Alive: Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Dead Await.
You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.
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Caravaneer 2
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.
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Dead Ground
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!
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Kontrakt
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
Kontrakt is a hyper-violent action-adventure game about schizophrenia with a dark and twisted story. You will assume the role of a hitman involved in mysterious contract killing, while uncovering the dirty truth and secrets behind the City of Light.
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Danger Gazers
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
Danger Gazers is a post-apocalyptic roguelite top-down shooter where you pave your own path. The choices you make will decide your fate, it will either turn you into the new ruler or... the ashes to be windswept away.
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Dungeons of Clay
Single-player alternative to The Dead Await — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
Explore the ever-changing dungeons in the surreal world made of clay. Unlock the hidden secrets, overcome the dangers, defeat dreadful creatures and reap the treasures to acquire almighty power.