Single-player games like Zero Distance
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Zero Distance, 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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The Buried Light
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
In this action-roguelike arena shooter, ancient trees have evolved into botanical spacecrafts. Reclaim the sun from a cosmic god by crafting custom bullets across 4 modular slots, selectively breeding endless upgrades, and unleashing devastating firepower to survive unforgiving bullet-hell waves.
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Valkyrie Rising: Hordes of Ragnarök
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
Carve through the Hordes of Ragnarök in a Bullet Heaven Roguelite inspired by Norse myth. Complete quests mid-run to earn the favor of Odin and Thor, then build the run out of the powers they hand you.
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Pit Wizard
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
Pit Wizard is a short top-down shooter with incremental progression where you play as a wizard custodian. Jump into magical pits, clean up hordes of dangerous enemies, and mine rare resources while developing two massive skill trees.
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Scrapstorm
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
A 1-4 player bullet-heaven roguelite where the whole city is hunting you. Draft cards every level until one pistol turns into a screen-clearing mess, and watch out for the traffic, the third rail and whatever is running each district.
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NeuroSquad - Slay the Horde
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
Invent your own weapons in this sci-fi Roguelike shooter! Combine any weapon with any upgrade to customize your arsenal. Form a squad of holographic soldiers, redesign their guns too, and slay hordes of cybernetic enemies!
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NO LIFE: Zombie Survivor
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
NO LIFE: Zombie Survivor is a brutal survival roguelite where you’ll face endless hordes of relentless zombies. Choose your survivor and weapons, each with unique abilities and playstyles, and gear up for increasingly intense battles against the undead.
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Destropolis 2
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zero Distance.
Hordes of red cube enemies. Bullets, lasers and nukes. Cities to raze to the ground.
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I'm No Demonlord
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
"I'm No Demonlord" is a Roguelike shooter bullet hell game. High freedom in mechanics leads to unique playthroughs. As a demon-possessed hero, battle enemies, grow, and unveil dark schemes. Can he accept his new role? Save "kinds" or destroy "outsiders"? Good or evil? The choice is yours.
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Choo Choo Survivor
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!
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Gamer To Game Developer Series 1: More Than a Gamer
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to the new GTGD S1, a Unity 2017 multiplayer tutorial for game developers. This training course is of intermediate difficulty so you should first be familiar with the basics of coding in Unity. This tutorial will teach you the key elements of the Unity 2017 multiplayer system.
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Guild Commander
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Zero Distance.
In Guild Commander you manage your guild to victory! Deploy your guild members and save your world from the Necro Lord!
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Weekend Drive
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Distance.
Giants, zombies, aliens, dinosaurs, a fully destructible city with fun vehicles (including helicopter!) and weapons at your disposable, yes Weekend Drive is way ahead of the curve! Get set for a fun unique full on action first person shooter experience!
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Model City
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Zero Distance.
Welcome to Model City, a calm relaxing small game where you can't lose or do anything wrong.
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Home By The River
Single-player alternative to Zero Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Zero Distance.
This is a resource gathering, crafting RPG, where you build your home from scratch and make whatever design you want. You start with a dead polluted land that you transform into a beautiful homestead by a river. Play single player or LAN Co-op.