Single-player games like The Thing That Happened
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Thing That Happened, 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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DEADPOINT
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
"Deadpoint" is an engaging third-person survival game set in an apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. Players take on the role of a resourceful scavenger, tasked with navigating the dangerous landscape and ensuring their survival amid the hordes of undead.
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Breaking earth
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
This is a fantastic 3rd person stealth shooter. You have to collect parts for a spaceship to fly away from a dying earth in a post-apocalyptic world. Fighting enemies and mutated spiders will not make you bored in the game.
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Turn Back Now
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
Survival horror RPG where you investigate, explore, and endure dynamic psychological threats as a rookie officer. Manage resources, make critical choices, and survive horrific encounters in a tense, atmospheric third-person experience.
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Dead No-Head
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
Dead No-Head is a third person action adventure story rich game in which Norix is brought back from the dead, with... No head! This headless hero will have quite the unexpected journey ahead of him.
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Zero World
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
Gather resources, craft items, kill others, raid houses, but don't get raided yourself
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Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
Interesting island adventure，Go online with friends and challenge monsters!
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Combatant
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
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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Darker Skies: Remastered for PC
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
Darker Skies comes fully remastered to PC. Incorporating new graphical features and gameplay enhancements for the definitive way to play Darker Skies. Survival Horror set after the War of the Worlds.
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CyberBorn
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
Welcomme to Cyberborn! A truly Cyberpunk Multiplayer FPS game. The game using Unreal Engine 4 , 4 Different very high detailed maps, with 4 different game modes. 3 Different Class , and 3 different ability. The Game is working as a Single and on LAN as well Your PC is ready? "No More Future"
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Until Last Breath
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
The Until Last Breath is a survival action game with multiple guns and character skins. In your dream suddenly you find yourself in a forest, with zombie hordes and they are coming in waves.
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HYDE
Single-player alternative to The Thing That Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Thing That Happened.
HYDE is an adventure puzzle game, where you discover ancient ruins but , it turns out this ruins are keeping more secrets than it looks like. I am working alone, the whole map in the game is fully custom made.