Single-player games like ApocalypseHQ
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ApocalypseHQ, 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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Warranted Humanity
Single-player alternative to ApocalypseHQ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with ApocalypseHQ.
Warranted Humanity is a post-apocalyptic 2D side scroller where choices matter. Fight different infected and rival factions, scavenge, skill up, craft, manage your shelter and other survivors, all in a race against time to ensure humanity’s survival before everyone is irreversibly infected.
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Doomsday Train
Single-player alternative to ApocalypseHQ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with ApocalypseHQ.
Doom falls and civilization collapses entirely. The roaming train becomes the last hope of mankind. You will take charge of the vehicle, manage and equip survivors, allocate food and daily tasks, collect resources to resist zombie swarms. The fate of everyone hinges on your decisions.
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The Last Few
Single-player alternative to ApocalypseHQ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with ApocalypseHQ.
Manage a base of survivors during the zombie apocalypse. Send squads on sorties on a real map of any city in the world, make decisions via radio when they get into trouble and remember: you are powerless outside the radio range. Build modules, defend the perimeter and don't let the base die.
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Zombie Motel 96
Single-player alternative to ApocalypseHQ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with ApocalypseHQ.
ZOMBIE MOTEL 96 is a tycoon at the end of the world. You check in, ration, quarantine, evict, scavenge and shoot to keep a roadside motel running. Every guest is one more gun on the fence, one more mouth to feed, one more noise the horde can hear. So, manager: how many people, for how many weeks?
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Undead Defense TD
Single-player alternative to ApocalypseHQ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with ApocalypseHQ.
Zombies are coming! Build your defenses and expand your settlement to create a safe space for humanity. Use turrets, walls and light towers to keep the darkness safe. Expand your settlement to find abandoned settlements and additional resources.
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After Inc: Revival
Single-player alternative to ApocalypseHQ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with ApocalypseHQ.
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
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Infection Free Zone
Single-player alternative to ApocalypseHQ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with ApocalypseHQ.
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
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Quarantineer
Single-player alternative to ApocalypseHQ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with ApocalypseHQ.
For the glory of Motherland, the truth shall never be revealed. None of us expected this, Yet history is repeating itself.