Single-player games like Souls of the Dead
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Souls of the Dead, 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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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Souls of the Dead.
Sharpen your machete and grab your friends. Arizona Sunshine® brings its award-winning zombie apocalypse to explosive third-person action, featuring online and split-screen co-op, brutal combat, dark humor, and Buddy, your loyal zombie-chomping canine companion.
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DARKEST DAYS
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Souls of the Dead.
DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.
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METAL GEAR SURVIVE
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Souls of the Dead.
METAL GEAR SURVIVE builds upon MGSV’s stealth action gameplay with elements of exploration and survival creating a bold new experience. *An internet connection is required to play the game.
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DeadPoly
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Souls of the Dead.
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
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PolyZ
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Souls of the Dead.
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
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Into The Haze
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Souls of the Dead.
Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.
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HumanitZ
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Souls of the Dead.
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
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DESOLATE
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Souls of the Dead.
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
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Skufs VS Quadrobers
Single-player alternative to Souls of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Souls of the Dead.
This isn't what our grandfathers fought for! Rise from your soulful, old apartment and resist the Western heathens – the Quadrobers, who are trying to impose their rules! Or, join the modern Quadrobers and show the Skufs that the era of sweaty, beer-bellied men is over!