Single-player games like Knights Within
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Knights Within, 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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The Forever Winter
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Knights Within.
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!
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Variant 22
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
Variant 22 is a survival game set in a procedural roguelike post American wasteland. Singleplayer or Multiplayer Coop, Scavenge loot from contaminated areas then base build back in the "safe zone" against endless hordes of the infected.
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Horde Together
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
Fight off endless waves of zombies and monsters in Horde Together, a co-op survival game built for action and chaos. Team up, scavenge for gear, and see how long you can survive the apocalypse.
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Never Be Alone
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
Never Be Alone is an open-world zombie survival game designed for solo play and seamless co-op. Face the apocalypse alone or survive together in a world reclaimed by nature 10 years after the outbreak.
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DeadPoly
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
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The One
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
The One is a game in which your goal will be to explore the world alone or in a group three years after the zombie apocalypse. However, the problem will turn out to be not only zombies, but also others who managed to survive this time behind the gates of the bunkers.
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World War Z
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Knights Within.
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
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Colonies of The Remnant
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
In a post-apocalyptic world build and lead your own colony under the constant threat of the undead. Recruit survivors, assign roles and decide how your group survives. Fight enemy colonies or form alliances in FPS or TPS combat.
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Mount & Blade
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Knights Within.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Knights Within.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Knights Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knights Within.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.