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Single-player games like Deadly 30

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Deadly 30, 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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    Doomsday Hero — Steam game cover

    Doomsday Hero

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadly 30.

    This is a zombie shooting game, shooting zombies can help you relieve pressure, bring happiness.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Effect — Steam game cover

    Dead Effect

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadly 30.

    Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!

    2014ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Culling Of The Cows — Steam game cover

    The Culling Of The Cows

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadly 30.

    The Culling Of The Cows is a side-scrolling shooter / tower defence game. You will take the role of Sammy, a soliloquizing schizophrenic farmer with a self prophesied mission to lay waste to the disease spreading over his farm.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guns, Gore & Cannoli — Steam game cover

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadly 30.

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deadlight — Steam game cover

    Deadlight

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadly 30.

    “Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se

    2012ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arizona Sunshine® — Steam game cover

    Arizona Sunshine®

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadly 30.

    Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 — Steam game cover

    Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadly 30.

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good, old, action platform run & gun genre, but this time with a bunch of humor and buckets of blown off body parts. In this sequel to Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Vinnie Cannoli’s story continues and this time it’s personal.

    2018ActionAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broforce — Steam game cover

    Broforce

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadly 30.

    Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    METAL SLUG — Steam game cover

    METAL SLUG

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadly 30.

    “METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!

    2015Action1.59 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MADNESS — Steam game cover

    MADNESS

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadly 30.

    MADNESS is a wild racing game where you smash cars and perform physics defying stunts - Based on the cult classic derby racing game Need For Madness?

    2025ActionRacing3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle Crashers® — Steam game cover

    Castle Crashers®

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadly 30.

    Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!

    2012ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Henry Stickmin Collection — Steam game cover

    The Henry Stickmin Collection

    Single-player alternative to Deadly 30 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Deadly 30.

    A choose-your-own-path where failing is more fun than succeeding.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →