Single-player games like Deadly Contagion
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Deadly Contagion, 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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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to Deadly Contagion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadly Contagion.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Deadly Contagion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadly Contagion.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player alternative to Deadly Contagion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadly Contagion.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
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Echoes of the Living
Single-player alternative to Deadly Contagion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadly Contagion.
Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to Deadly Contagion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadly Contagion.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to Deadly Contagion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadly Contagion.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Deadly Contagion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadly Contagion.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to Deadly Contagion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadly Contagion.
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.