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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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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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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COP BASTARD
Single-player alternative to Better Than Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Better Than Dead.
COP BASTARD is a classic first-person shooter set in early 90s Japan, offering non-stop action inspired by action movies. Play as a dirty detective, mowing down endless waves of Yakuza with no puzzles, perks, or upgrades - just corridors, enemies, and the power to spit right in their faces
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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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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