Single-player games like ZombUs
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ZombUs, 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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DISTANT VISITANT
Single-player alternative to ZombUs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZombUs.
Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.
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Elysium
Single-player alternative to ZombUs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZombUs.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
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Airlock
Single-player alternative to ZombUs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZombUs.
Plan in the ant farm. Live in the 3D city. AIRLOCK is a post-apocalyptic survival base-builder where you rescue Settlers from ruined Ashgate, build a sanctuary deep beneath the toxic surface, and outlast The Altered. The Last of Us meets The Alters.
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Rinthine
Single-player alternative to ZombUs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZombUs.
Brave the depths of an ever-changing labyrinth in search of secrets, treasures—or simply a place to call home.
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Outbreak Island
Single-player alternative to ZombUs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZombUs.
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
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VEIN
Single-player alternative to ZombUs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with ZombUs.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
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The Last Caretaker
Single-player alternative to ZombUs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZombUs.
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
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Kentum
Single-player alternative to ZombUs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ZombUs.
Crafting, cloning, and comedy await in this survival-infused metroidvania adventure. Wake up as the last human alive on a wondrous and weird future Earth. Seek out supplies, build machines, platform through mysterious biomes, unceremoniously die, and reclone on your mission to rebuild civilization.