Single-player games like Waste Walkers
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Waste Walkers, 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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Rust of New York
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Waste Walkers.
A post-apocalyptic ruin exploration RPG. A highly flexible game design featuring a wealth of skills and equipment, a vast number of locations, and numerous skill checks. The sprawling ruins of a chaotic New York City stand before you!
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Disgraced
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Waste Walkers.
Disgraced is a unique samurai themed role playing game that allows players to lead a rebellion in a fight for freedom against a cruel and tyrannical Shogun in Feudal Japan.
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Dao's Cover
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Waste Walkers.
An unconventional post-apocalyptic survival sandbox game. Abandon endless combat and embrace a more authentic living experience in the apocalypse.
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Fargone
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Waste Walkers.
Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.
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Lost Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Waste Walkers.
How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.
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Lawless Lands
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Waste Walkers.
Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.
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Kenshi
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Waste Walkers.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Soulash 2
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Waste Walkers.
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
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Fallout 4
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Waste Walkers.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
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Affliction
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Waste Walkers.
Affliction is a survival horror shooter designed to engage players with a thrilling storyline, surreal environments, merciless foes, a chilling atmosphere, and an unforgettable gameplay experience. Players must explore, scavenge, and fight in order to survive and live to tell the tale.
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Chaos Chain
Single-player alternative to Waste Walkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Waste Walkers.
A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.