Single-player games like Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe, 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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Idol VS Furries
Single-player alternative to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe.
Survive to Furries, and Farm Skins, in stylized gunfights
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Combatant
Single-player alternative to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe.
In Combatant you will live the story of Alfie, a sharpshooter hired by a rich businessman. Alfie is tasked with recovering some data stolen by a competitor of a technology company, and for that there will be many challenges.
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BLACKWOOD
Single-player alternative to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe.
By day, you run a DVD store in 2012 New York. By night, you’re a ruthless assassin. BLACKWOOD is a cinematic third-person shooter with grounded melee combat, brutal takedowns, responsive gunplay, and a double life to manage.
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Disaster Island
Single-player alternative to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe.
Disaster Island is a unique survival based game, where you have to accomplish missions on abandoned island. But It's not gonna be easy, its not ordinary island. You will be confronted by natural disasters and numerous hidden dangers.
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Holospace
Single-player alternative to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe.
Take flight from planet surfaces to deep space with no loading screens. Explore a vast procedurally generated voxel universe, mine resources, build massive bases, battle alien creatures, and uncover virtually endless worlds. Play in first or third person.
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Office Mayhem
Single-player alternative to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe.
A third person action game where you are sick and tired of working your BS job for your BS boss. You have officially lost your mind and are ready to cause absolute mayhem and chaos in your workplace. Turn ordinary office supplies into weapons of mass destruction and destroy your colleagues!
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Hidden Series 2
Single-player alternative to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe.
Experience the engaging and addictive Hidden Series 2 game to find the hidden objects across 30+ challenging levels. We have carefully crafted the puzzles which will give the ultimate challenges unlimited fun and allow you to relax.
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Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Single-player alternative to Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Academia Z: The beginning of the catastrophe.
The fear is back.Return to 2048 Hong Kong in the groundbreaking survival-horror that defined style and mature storytelling for a generation.