Single-player games like Deadlight: Director's Cut
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Deadlight: Director's Cut, 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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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
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 Final Station
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
“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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Contagion
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Metro: Last Light Redux
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
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Dead Effect
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
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Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
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Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
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Prince of Persia®
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...
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Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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RiME
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
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The Sexy Brutale
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
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Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
Two best friends, one wild adventure. Join best friends Nunu and Willump on an adventure across the frozen wilds of the Freljord. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story is a single-player story adventure developed by Tequila Works.
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The Invisible Hours
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.
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Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son
Single-player alternative to Deadlight: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadlight: Director's Cut.
You’re stuck in a time loop as Phil Connors, Jr., back in Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day in this virtual reality game set in the world of the iconic hit movie. Solve puzzles and interact with branching narrative gameplay, to break the time-loop cycle to escape into tomorrow.