Single-player games like Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge, 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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Z
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
“Z”, the classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers. Fans of this classic strategy title are in for a real treat. Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z.
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Breach & Clear: Deadline Rebirth (2016)
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline Rebirth is a new and greatly improved version of B&C: Deadline, the follow-up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed hybrid tactical strategy game.
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Crush Your Enemies
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
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Zombie City Defense 2
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
In a near future, the world has been devastated by a virus turning humanity into zombies. You are Iron Corps, the last defense of civilization traveling the world to find resources, help people and find answers. Will you survive long enough?
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Deadly Days
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.
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Cats on Duty
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Cats on Duty is a🐱 purr-fect blend of RTS, tower defense, game genres. Manage two game fields, upgrade adorable cat towers, and watch your fluffy warriors bravely defend against foes. 🐾
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Brutal Legend
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.
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CastleStorm
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
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Evil Genius
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Everybody wants to rule the world! Achieve global power with EVIL GENIUS, the one and only complete world domination simulator. All the everyday tasks of the deliciously wicked mastermind are available to experience and master from building your ultra-secret base to developing spectacular super-weapons to carry out your nefarious master...
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Disciples: Liberation
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Disciples: Liberation is a mature, dark fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based combat. Liberate the land of Nevendaar and uncover the endless stories hidden within this richly detailed world where every decision has a consequence, and every wrong move could be deadly.
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Chariot
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.
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FATED: The Silent Oath
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Set in the mythical age of Vikings, FATED: The Silent Oath tells a tale of courage and sacrifice where an everyday father and husband must do the impossible to save his family from the destruction of the world at the hands of giants of old.
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Talent Not Included
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Set in the fantasy land of Notthatmuchfurther, Talent Not Included tells the story of three actors, ready for anything, in order to give the performance of their life even if that means facing mechanical soldiers, animals, hardheaded monsters as well as rotating cylinders at their feet. Break a leg, you'll need it !
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Colt Express
Single-player alternative to Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.
Plan your hold up, adapt your scheme, get rich and get out! The game inspired from the famous train robbery boardgame!