Single-player games like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone, 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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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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How to Survive 2
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
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The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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Warhammer: Chaosbane
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
In a world ravaged by war and dominated by magic, you must rise up to face the Chaos hordes. Playing solo or with up to four players in local or online co-op, choose a hero from four character classes and prepare for epic battles wielding some of the most powerful artefacts of the Old World.
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Dragonkin: The Banished
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
The draconic threat is once again upon us. Legendary heroes rise up to face the legions from the depths. Tame your wyrmlings, create unique power builds with the Ancestral Grid, expand your city and destroy the Dragons!
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Welcome to ParadiZe
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
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Rugby 22
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Crouch, bind, set! Discover the true rugby experience. Play with best clubs and top nations, enjoy dynamic gameplay that stays faithful to the sport, and experience the intensity of big matches.
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RUGBY 20
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Rugby 20 gives you the complete rugby experience! With overhauled tactics management, optimised graphics and more realistic player behaviour, the game is a true reflection of modern rugby.
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Handball 17
Single-player alternative to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Find the 82 official teams from the most prestigious European leagues in the best handball simulation. Experience all the sensations of handball thanks to the easy-to-use controls, dynamic Career mode and fast-flowing matches, in both single player and multiplayer modes.