Single-player games like Extinction Zone
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Extinction Zone, 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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Defiled West
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Extinction Zone.
A top-down Western Action RPG set in a desolate & mutated frontier. Discover and overpower furiously unstable foes that waver the rules of life and death. Collect and upgrade powerful weapons and wield a variety of otherworldly gadgets. Reclaim what was lost, one building at a time.
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Rust & Roots
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
The machine island was supposed to be a technological utopia on the bleeding edge of technology. Now it's a slaughterhouse. You are the only thing standing between rampaging AI and the rest of humanity. Fight for a chance to survive in a top-down classical shooter and defy the machine!
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ZERO Sievert
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
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Dead of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
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Escape From Duckov
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
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The Last Stand: Aftermath
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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Hail to the Rainbow
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
The story of a lonely young man named Ignat, who survives in the dangerous and gloomy world of post-apocalyptic cyberpunk. You have to face the trials of a new reality and plunge into the secrets of the surrounding chaos.
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Trigger Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Rage inducing trap-filled precision platformer ideal for speedrunners and masochists alike. Navigate through nearly 200 hundred rooms filled with devious tricks and traps. Classic, easy to pick-up gameplay with colourful pixel art graphics.
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Tameshi
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Extinction Zone.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Power-up your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Survive the onslaught and emerge victorious!
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Chromacell
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Extinction Zone.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
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Tiny Racing
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Extinction Zone.
A nostalgic top-down racing game with vibrant pixel art. Choose from unique vehicles, conquer constrasting tracks, and master different modes. With intuitive arcade controls, experience high-speed excitement and become the ultimate racing champion in this retro race adventure!
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Iron Skies
Single-player alternative to Extinction Zone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.