Single-player games like Frozen State
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Frozen State, 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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Herd is Coming
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Frozen State.
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
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Subterrain
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frozen State.
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Frozen State.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Frozen State.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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LifeZ - Survival
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Frozen State.
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
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Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frozen State.
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
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How to Survive 2
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Frozen State.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Frozen State.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Frozen State.
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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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frozen State.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
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Stalker
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Frozen State.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Frozen State.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Frozen State.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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Life in Bunker
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
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Mist Hunter
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frozen State.
Mist Hunter - is a blistering fast rogue-like arena shooter. A deadly magic poison runs through your veins, there is no cure and your heart will stop beating in 90 seconds. Fight your enemies, get the highest score and collect antidote to keep going.
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Wandering Trails: A Hiking Game
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frozen State.
Wandering Trails is a peaceful experience of venturing for a hike in the great outdoors. There are no goals, enemies, jump scares or achievements. There is only you, nature and your trusty old camera.
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Everlords
Single-player alternative to Frozen State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frozen State.
Everlords is a strategy game where you shape the battlefield itself. Craft terrain to position vital resources, and fortify your base as you battle to reclaim and restore a fractured world. Every choice you make becomes the foundation of either your triumph—or your downfall.