Single-player games like Dead Horde
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Horde, 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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Nation Red
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
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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Primal Fears
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world.Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim.
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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
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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Final Exam
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures.
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Final Days
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.
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Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
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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Frontline Zed
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
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Police Stories
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Horde.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Twin Sector
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Horde.
The story of Twin Sector takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where the remains of mankind have been put to artificial sleep in cryogenic chambers deep under the contaminated surface of earth — until the planet becomes habitable again. You as the player must take the role of Ashley Simms, the protagonist of Twin Sector.
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Booster Trooper
Single-player alternative to Dead Horde — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Booster Trooper is the future of multiplayer platform shooters. It provides tons of fun with its fast paced action and larger-than-life weapons. You can run or fly around the map, blasting your enemies to bits with bullets, rockets, grenades, magma and other weapons from your arsenal.