Single-player games like The Zombie Wave
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Zombie Wave, 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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Evil Diary
Single-player alternative to The Zombie Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Zombie Wave.
Mow down hordes of monsters to survive! Survive the onslaught of a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland
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Kill the horde
Single-player alternative to The Zombie Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with The Zombie Wave.
A dishonorable ninja third-person shooter. Mow down brainless zombies and dim soldiers with crazy guns. Survive waves, loot missions, and vanish. Kills drop gold and guns—a zero-dollar shopping spree in ninja disguise. The most absurd ninja life.
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wonShot
Single-player alternative to The Zombie Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Zombie Wave.
Your job is to destroy as many enemy ships as possible with your giant laser, but it only fires once per day! Travel through the galaxy destroying the rebel army one shot at a time in wonShot!
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Pengun
Single-player alternative to The Zombie Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Zombie Wave.
Pengun is a 3rd person shooting, defense, survivor game. shoot down threats in Antarctica. and survive as long as possible.
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Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2
Single-player alternative to The Zombie Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Zombie Wave.
** Please note: a remastered and improved edition of this game is now available in Zombie Army Trilogy.**Experience a terrifyingly intense co-op campaign for up to four players in this gut-wrenching sequel to Steam best-seller, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army.
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Monday Night Combat
Single-player alternative to The Zombie Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Zombie Wave.
Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter… and the most popular lethal sport of the future!
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Blood Waves
Single-player alternative to The Zombie Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Zombie Wave.
Hardcore and bloody shooter where you will have to repel the attacks of the living dead using the destroying traps, defensive barricades and also weapon of close and long-range combat.
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Sniper Elite V2
Single-player alternative to The Zombie Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Zombie Wave.
In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…