Single-player games like Escape Z
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Escape Z, 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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EXTANT: Zombie Eradication Co-op Simulation
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Z.
The apocalypse was years ago. Those still living are termed the 'Extant'. Millions of walking dead still roam the cities. Extant SOG groups of four operators have been tasked with infiltrating areas with supplies to retrieve for the Extant civilians. You are one of them. A 4-person CO-OP 3D shooter.
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Decay Breath VR
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Z.
In Decay Breath VR you'll experience detailed gun assembly and operation, the exhilaration of using weapons to dismember zombies, and creative combat styles that utilize props to fight zombies. Immersive physical and environmental interactions as well as the ability to team up and play online.
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Apocalypse: Floodgates
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Z.
Herd 'em up, Mow 'em Down! Mindless Carnage, fast-paced action. Apocalypse: Floodgates is a Third-Person Zombie Horde Shooter featuring post-apocalyptic weapons and deadly traps. Play online with up to four friends or play alone and see how many zombie waves you can take down.
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The Left Behind
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Z.
The Left Behind is a solo and co-op post-apocalyptic survival game. Explore a typical Dutch open-world landscape at daytime and beware of hordes of enemies coming in at night. Loot and hunt to survive. Each night, the game becomes increasingly challenging. How long will you survive?
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Girls vs Zombies
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Z.
Third person wave-based game. The concept is that you must survive a zombie apocalypse as a girl who wakes up in the middle of the disaster in her underwear. You don't have anything and you must arm yourself and defeat the zombies before they eat you.
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Zombie Defense: The Last Frontier
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Escape Z.
A Single and cooperative game for 4 players, you are a fighter of a special purpose unit, your task is to destroy waves of zombies by taking convenient positions and using tactic
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PURGE - Three vs Blood
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Z.
PURGE - THREE VS BLOOD presents an exciting arena-style zombie apocalypse. Battle ravenous zombie waves with up to 3 players, unlock ranks, maps, unique characters, and a variety of weapons and traps.
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Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Escape Z.
Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!
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Ultimate Battle
Single-player alternative to Escape Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Z.
A game full of action and lots and lots of fun. Play numerous maps against your friends. Many modes: 1v1, 1v2, all against all.