Single-player games like Better Than Dead
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Better Than 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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The Cleaner
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
The Cleaner is a hardcore die 'n' retry inspired by John Wick, Hotline Miami and SuperHot. You control a highly-trained " cleaner " with a unique power. No cliché storyline, no cutscenes, start the game and play.
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Terminate: Study X
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
Become the machine, find out what happened in New Sapiens and eradicate the infected in a single player first-person shooter campaign of horror and gore.
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Mr. Fast
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
Mr. Fast is a top-down shooting game with a bullet time twist! Enemy's time moves more slowly than yours. You're fast enough and you can kill others with one shot.
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Better Than Dead.
Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.
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Ready or Not
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
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Maximum Action
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.
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Trepang2
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
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The Slater
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
Get ready to kill drug dealers, crime bosses and anyone who stands in your way as you seek revenge for your father’s murder. The Slater is a story-driven first-person stealth-action-puzzle game that puts you in the shoes of a former cop Mark Slater.
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FORZA POLPO!
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
Jump high. Glide far. Blast weird robots. Polpo is a fast, vertical FPS platformer with pure ‘90s energy