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Single-player games like Ray's The Dead

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Ray's The Dead, 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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    Good Person — Steam game cover

    Good Person

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ray's The Dead.

    Take on the role of the Good Person in this traditional rogue type game in the form of a 1980s aesthetic platformer.  Be a Good Person, suppress heathens and seek validation from others.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sparky: Hills of Death — Steam game cover

    Sparky: Hills of Death

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Ray's The Dead.

    Hito Corporation immerses players in a dark universe where the monster, Sparky, comes to life in a sinister way, blurring the boundaries between reality and game. While cyber security expert Zac and his girlfriend Marina face strange events both in the game and in real life.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Joe and the Lost Pixels — Steam game cover

    Joe and the Lost Pixels

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ray's The Dead.

    Lethal pixels, impossible platforms, and retro nods! Joe and the Lost Pixels is a brutal 2.5D platformer where you'll die more times than in your worst '80s nightmares. Every level is a trap. Every pixel, a threat. Do you dare?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Songs of Armageddopolis — Steam game cover

    Songs of Armageddopolis

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ray's The Dead.

    A point'n'click detective game where death is irreversible, intuition is more important than logic, and the main evidence is you.

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Midnight Fury — Steam game cover

    Midnight Fury

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ray's The Dead.

    Experience a TV show featuring Max Cobra and his teammates as they clean up zombies in quarantine zones. Impress sponsors and boost your fame.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    John Carpenter's Toxic Commando — Steam game cover

    John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ray's The Dead.

    Pick a character and team up with three friends ‘cause it’s time to save the world. Experience intense FPS action as you obliterate hordes of terrifying monsters! You may not be on the best team of mercenaries, but you are… a Toxic Commando!

    2026ActionAdventure31.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Dee — Steam game cover

    Super Dee

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ray's The Dead.

    You play as Dee, a character that looks like a pee-pee in a 2D platformer-climber. He needs your help to reach the top because he fell down from his balcony. It's very challenging, plus there is also an impossible mode.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Afterparty — Steam game cover

    Afterparty

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ray's The Dead.

    In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tinykin — Steam game cover

    Tinykin

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ray's The Dead.

    Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse — Steam game cover

    Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ray's The Dead.

    Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains.

    2021Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overlord™ — Steam game cover

    Overlord™

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?

    2007RPG1.09 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DeathSpank — Steam game cover

    DeathSpank

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ray's The Dead.

    For uncounted years, DeathSpank has been a Dispenser of Justice, a Vanquisher of Evil, and a Hero to the Downtrodden.

    2010ActionIndieRPG3.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    King Krieg — Steam game cover

    King Krieg

    Single-player alternative to Ray's The Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ray's The Dead.

    Combine abilites to create infinite possibilities of spells and decimate thousands of enemies. King Krieg is a top-down arena roguelite where YOU are the KING and you buy mystical items, find powerful guns, and craft new spells

    2023ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →