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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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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HitTube
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
HitTube is an open-world co-op roguelite looter shooter where you become a post-apocalyptic video blogger in a procedurally generated, destructible New York. Shoot, loot, trade and use magical cards to gain superpowers.
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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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Curse of the Deadwood
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
Curse of the Deadwood is a unique evolution of a twin-stick genre that allows for single or couch co-op play. Take control of two unlikely friends as they fight back hordes of wooden zombies. Work together to save the beautiful world of Knottington from the Curse of the Deadwood.
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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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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!
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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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Tesla vs Lovecraft
Single-player alternative to Pretty Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pretty Underground.
Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!