Single-player games like Dark Days
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Days, 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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Tiny Troopers
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Days.
Tiny Troopers is a spiritual prequel to the action-packed twin-stick shooter, Tiny Troopers: Global Ops, which is out now.
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ANNIE:Last Hope
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Days.
“ANNIE:Last Hope” is a HD Voxel top-down shooting game. The story began in 1990s. There was an outbreak of an unknown creature invasion and a couple got separated when escaping. Annie went on her difficult journey in search of her fiance.
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10 Miles To Safety
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Days.
The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.
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Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Days.
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
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Frontline Zed
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Days.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
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Zombie Shooter
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Days.
The human race is in danger again. This time scientists could not cope the imminent threat and became monsters themselves. Crowds of zombie people filled the secret research base. The dreadful contagion is about to spread earth wide. Use the last chance to save the humanity from total annihilation!
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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Days.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
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Guns n Zombies
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Days.
This is the world after a zombie apocalypse in which the main characters have to go through many perils. It is a story about ordinary people who, when faced with danger, decided not to run away from it, but to fight back. As the story goes along, you will learn what caused the disaster and help other survivors to overcome its aftermath.
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Rogue Buddies - Aztek Gold
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark Days.
Rogue Buddies is an action 2D shooting platformer and adventure quest, requiring you to swap between your 4 mercenaries (Maximus, Smoke, Alpha-Tech and Duster), who each have their unique special skills. Eliminate henchmens, collect gold, avoid the savage natives and get your revenge on the evil corporate bosses.