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Single-player games like Coal Duty

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Coal Duty, 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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    Planetary Delivery Boys — Steam game cover

    Planetary Delivery Boys

    Single-player alternative to Coal Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Coal Duty.

    The package is everything, even when the package is your friend. Crew an automated delivery train through hostile space in 1-4 player co-op horror. Keep the engine alive, keep Chomp fed, and when the company demands it, box up a colleague and ship them with the cargo.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Into The Haunted Land — Steam game cover

    Into The Haunted Land

    Single-player alternative to Coal Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Coal Duty.

    An online co-op horror game for up to 6 players. Team up with your friends to explore ruins, loot cursed items, hide from monsters and extract safely. Do whatever it takes to meet the Guild’s quota.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Engine Eternal — Steam game cover

    Engine Eternal

    Single-player alternative to Coal Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Coal Duty.

    An online co-op horror for 1-4 players. Travel across the Old World on the Engine Eternal and explore randomly generated dungeons to locate fuel and upgrades for the last train to Paradise.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Master — Steam game cover

    Monster Master

    Single-player alternative to Coal Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Coal Duty.

    Monster Master makes RTS fight versus FPS. Be the horde or survive together in this asymmetric reverse horror multiplayer

    2022ActionStrategyIndie13.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Holey — Steam game cover

    Holey

    Single-player alternative to Coal Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Coal Duty.

    A co-op horror game where you are part of a crew sheltering in a collapsed tunnel, scavenging loot across maps filled with deadly creatures born from a biological war. Feed the creature, convert its waste into fuel, and reach the radio tower

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Hospital — Steam game cover

    Dead Hospital

    Single-player alternative to Coal Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Coal Duty.

    Horror. The action takes place in a hospital where people are dying. You're the only survivor... in addition... you need to solve the mystery of the hospital, but be careful, because something unimaginable and very scary may be hiding around the corner.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PARANOIA PLACE — Steam game cover

    PARANOIA PLACE

    Single-player alternative to Coal Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Coal Duty.

    PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PURGE - Three vs Blood — Steam game cover

    PURGE - Three vs Blood

    Single-player alternative to Coal Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Coal Duty.

    PURGE - THREE VS BLOOD presents an exciting arena-style zombie apocalypse. Battle ravenous zombie waves with up to 3 players, unlock ranks, maps, unique characters, and a variety of weapons and traps.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →