Single-player games like Deadstone
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Deadstone, 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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Lumencraft
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
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Yet Another Zombie Defense
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deadstone.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
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Deathtrap
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Deathtrap is a Tower Defense game with strong action-RPG elements, a game of vicious tricks, killing machines, rotating blades and splattering blood.
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Frontline Zed
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
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X-Morph: Defense
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
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Decision: Red Daze
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
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Solstice Chronicles: MIA
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadstone.
In this 2-player twin-stick shooter, use a friendly drone for a game-changing abilities. Survive waves, upgrade, and uncover the mystery in this cooperative, action-packed experience.
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Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Deadstone.
Combining action and strategy in a unique way, Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves transports you into an epic folktale co-written with best-selling Canadian author Bryan Perro (Amos Daragon, Wariwulf), in which two feuding brothers will have to put aside their differences to save their sister, who is pursued by the Devil himself!
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Vigilantes
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadstone.
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
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Prometheus Wept
Single-player alternative to Deadstone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadstone.
Prometheus Wept is a turn-based, party-based RPG set on a post digital apocalypse Earth. The game offers squad-level combat, branching dialogue with consequential choices, simultaneous battles between cyberspace and the physical world, along with deep character progression and crafting systems.