Single-player games like Dead Alone
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Alone, 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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Invention 3
Single-player alternative to Dead Alone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Alone.
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
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DEAD TRAIN
Single-player alternative to Dead Alone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Alone.
A zombie survival game that takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. You must manage your food and water carefully because resources are limited. You need to make your way to the end of the railway and back to civilization.
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Zombie Arena
Single-player alternative to Dead Alone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Alone.
Zombie arena is a multiplayer first person shooter gamer, focused on cooperation to annihilate zombies and various monsters in a post apocalyptic world.
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ZIC – Zombies in City
Single-player alternative to Dead Alone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Alone.
Control a team of 4 characters, switching between them to use their unique abilities. ZIC: Zombies In City is a first person zombie survival shooter.
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World War Z VR
Single-player alternative to Dead Alone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Alone.
World War Z VR is an immersive single-player first-person shooter experience that challenges you to take on huge swarms of zombies. Based on the hit game World War Z that has now captivated over 25 million players.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to Dead Alone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Alone.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Chernobyl Trap
Single-player alternative to Dead Alone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Alone.
You are survived pilot of fallen helicopter. Your mission is simple: go to evacuation point. But can you do it and not die?
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Deadline Escape
Single-player alternative to Dead Alone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Alone.
Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.