Single-player games like Deep Despair 3
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Deep Despair 3, 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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Deep Despair 2
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deep Despair 3.
Deep Despair 2 is an open world survival adventure action game with procedural generation and complete freedom of action: building, crafting, hunting, farming, livestock, brewing, cooking, traveling, fight, and more.
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ZED ZONE
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Deep Despair 3.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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Lay of the Land
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
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Escape The Pacific
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!
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Badiya: Desert Survival
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.
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Night of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
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Survival Machine
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
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Deep Despair
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
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Blood Harvest 3
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
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Blood Harvest 2
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
A HARDCORE platform game with lots of enemies, blood and explosions!
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Super Blasting Boy
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.
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VVVVV
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
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Deadfall
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Deadfall is a dark, bloody, atmospheric, dynamic, brutal shooter in the spirit of action movies of the 80s and 90s.
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Risk of Pain
Single-player alternative to Deep Despair 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deep Despair 3.
Risk of Pain is a hardcore puzzle platformer that challenges you to complete many challenging levels. Use parkour, wit and luck to avoid dying! Are you ready to take a risk?!