Single-player games like DEAD TRASH
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to DEAD TRASH, 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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CULTIC
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
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Dread Templar
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
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Hellbound
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
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HROT
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
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Anomalous
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music
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Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.
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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Rise of the Triad
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.
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Brigand: Oaxaca
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. Emphasis is on challenge, a branching story with multiple endings, and total freedom of action (kill friendly characters, rob stores, jump across roofs, etc.).
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Last Rites
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
"We are food, but not for long." The Zombie apocalypse has come, and your squad is the last line of defense. Command a Special Forces unit with high-tech weaponry in this mission-based FPS with sprawling indoor and outdoor environments.
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Beware of the Blob
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Eat people and craft limbs in this third-person puzzle exploration game. You'll need brains, arms, lungs, and more to escape from Black Hawk Industries HQ in one piece.
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REAPER
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
YOU ARE DEATH. The Grim Reaper. You must travel throughout various action packed scenarios, Reaping enemies and collecting their souls. FEAR THE REAPER
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Quake
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD TRASH.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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Condemned to Clean
Single-player alternative to DEAD TRASH — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are a cleaner, not by calling, but by sentence. Condemned to Clean is a single-player simulator where you restore a provincial beach. Explore, collect trash, pay your debt, and do small deeds for a greater purpose!