Single-player games like Masters in the Shadows
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Masters in the Shadows, 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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Aftermath Z: Red Pine Lake
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Masters in the Shadows.
Dive into Aftermath Z: Red Pine Lake, a survival horror game with a chilling 80s slasher vibe. Experience a gripping single-player story and thrilling multiplayer modes. Unravel the virus mystery, battle zombies in Horde Mode, or outwit the infected slasher in the unique asymmetrical Infected Mode.
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After the Fall®
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Masters in the Shadows.
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
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龍Game
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Masters in the Shadows.
Under the ravages of the virus, the familiar world has become strange. Disease, hunger, cold, zombies and alien beasts are always threatening your life, and danger is everywhere. Survive in the doomsday, collect resources, make weapons and equipment, and find partners to build your refuge.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Masters in the Shadows.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Masters in the Shadows.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Masked Forces: Zombie Survival
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Masters in the Shadows.
What will you do when the zombie apocalypse comes, are you ready to tackle it right now and stay face to face with all the horrors that will appear?
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Ultimate Zombie Defense 2
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Masters in the Shadows.
4-player co-op, zombie slaying, base building, boss battling mayhem! Cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses in Ultimate Zombie Defense 2!
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World War Z
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Masters in the Shadows.
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
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Why don't they laugh?
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Masters in the Shadows.
A first-person narrative horror game where you will get dangerously close to the secrets of the Kensington circus dynasty and discover what lies behind their famous shows' scenes.
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Lock. Stock. And Hungry Pumpkins.
Single-player alternative to Masters in the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Masters in the Shadows.
🎃 A fun indie western-style shooter where you must protect the townspeople from hordes of living pumpkins, find a hidden stash of gold, and uncover a farmers' conspiracy. And, of course, there’s a betrayal involved too.