Single-player games like DEAD RISING®
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to DEAD RISING®, 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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Dead Rising® 2
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground.
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Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
You are Frank West – photojournalist and original hero of the Dead Rising Willamette incident – taking center stage experiencing the re-imagined Fortune City outbreak.
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Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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Dead Rising 4
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
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Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
Dead Rising returns with modern graphics in this Deluxe Remaster!
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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
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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LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
The chainsaw-wielding cheerleader Juliet Starling returns in Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP!
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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No More Heroes
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
Fight your way to the top in this HD remaster of everyone's favorite assassin action game! As all-American otaku Travis Touchdown, use your trusty beam katana to hack-and-slash though the competition and claim the title of world's #1 assassin!
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Vanquish
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
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Devil May Cry HD Collection
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
The popular stylish action games Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition return in one collection!
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Resident Evil 6
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.
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Resident Evil 5
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
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Resident Evil Revelations
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DEAD RISING®.
Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.
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Ultra Street Fighter® IV
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
Single-player alternative to DEAD RISING® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DEAD RISING®.
The epic clash between two storied universes returns with Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Ultron Sigma has begun the eradication of all biological life. Against all odds, heroes stand together against the ultimate threat, their only hope laying with the all-powerful Infinity Stones.