Single-player games like Deadnaut
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Deadnaut, 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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Duskers
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Deadnaut.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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NEO Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
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Xenopurge
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.
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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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Zafehouse Diaries 2
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
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Deadnaut: Signal Lost
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
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March of the Living
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.
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Space Hulk (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
The legendary Space Hulk returns in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, an intriguing story of legendary battles and heroic actions unfolds.
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Space Hulk: Tactics (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Deadnaut.
Space Hulk: Tactics is a faithful adaptation of the board game Space Hulk, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, bringing a unique twist to the cult classic formula. Engage in bloody battles as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers.
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Zafehouse: Diaries
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
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Fear Equation
Single-player alternative to Deadnaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Deadnaut.
Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.