Single-player games like Pretty Underground
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pretty Underground, 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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Zombies & Bullets
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
Zombies & Bullets is a 3D top-down action shooter game where you must help the soldiers Jacob and Erin face armies of zombies in varied levels full of challenges. Prove your skills and become the warrior of the zombie apocalypse!
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Bullets & Brains
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
Bullets & Brains is an adrenaline-pumping arcade top-down 3D shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by brain-hungry hordes of zombies. Prepare yourself for an intense battle against the never-ending onslaught of the undead.
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Kill Through
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
Kill Through is a 2D isometric pixel zombie shooter. The city is lost. Hold the last base, send a squad to scavenge, and extract before the horde closes. Ammo is scarce; movement is life. Swap to revive the downed; true death takes the gun too. Fast pixel gore. One goal: kill through them.
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Monster Crawl
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
GAUNTLET inspired action roguelike. Fight your way through monster hordes with fast paced, active combat. Explore diverse builds using multiple heroes, abilities & relics. Fight through dungeons full of treasures & traps, and challenge mighty Bosses!
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The Last Squad
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pretty Underground.
Challenge yourself or team up with friends to battle the Virix virus outbreak in fast-paced, real-time horde extermination. Grow stronger together and survive the swarm.
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Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
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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Whiskey & Zombies: The Great Southern Zombie Escape
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
WHISKEY & ZOMBIES is a comedy-adventure brawler/stealther set in a different kind of apocalypse where the only thing that kills the virus is moonshine whiskey. So to survive... just Drink, Fight, and Stay Alive.
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Zombie Builder Defense 2
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!