Single-player games like Dead Above
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Above, 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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Isolation Edge
Single-player alternative to Dead Above — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Above.
Isolation Edge is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a desolate world reclaimed by zombies. Traverse dangerous zones to scavenge, craft gear, and build your fortress to endure the relentless hordes. The past is lost, but on this isolated edge, every breath is a victory worth fighting for.
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NightfallZ
Single-player alternative to Dead Above — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Above.
This is a top-down survival and building game where you scavenge for resources and construct a base to defend against zombie attacks when nightfall. Warning! The wilderness at night is extremely dangerous; please stay inside your base.
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Cataclysm Era
Single-player alternative to Dead Above — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Above.
Build your forces, conquer cities, and unite the wasteland. Ashes&Gunfire merges real-time tactics, fast-paced top-down battles, and deep management systems to let you forge a new order from the world’s remains.
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AETHUS
Single-player alternative to Dead Above — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Above.
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
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After Long Night
Single-player alternative to Dead Above — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Above.
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
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FALL
Single-player alternative to Dead Above — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Above.
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
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Strain Tactics
Single-player alternative to Dead Above — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Above.
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
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Ascent of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Dead Above — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Above.
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs