Single-player games like Guns n Zombies
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Guns n Zombies, 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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Over 9000 Zombies!
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guns n Zombies.
Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive?
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I am Weapon: Revival
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guns n Zombies.
Have you ever faced your worst nightmare? What if you have no choice but to move on and see what’s behind it? Then you’d better arm yourself with a couple of big guns, stock up on ammo and show them all what a real nightmare is!
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Yet Another Zombie Defense
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guns n Zombies.
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
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Nation Red
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guns n Zombies.
Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.
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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guns n Zombies.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
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Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guns n Zombies.
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
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Zombie Builder Defense
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Guns n Zombies.
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
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Livelock
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guns n Zombies.
Livelock is a co-operative top-down shooter where you play solo or with up to two allies to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of the remaining Capital Intellects, your role is to unlock Eden and revive humanity.
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Zombie Defense
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guns n Zombies.
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
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Caligo
Single-player alternative to Guns n Zombies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Guns n Zombies.
Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.