Single-player games like LIFE EFFECT Survival
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to LIFE EFFECT Survival, 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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Infect: The Last Stand
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Experience brutal Hardcore PvPvE survival powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every decision matters, every step could be your last, and every sound you hear might be your final one. Do you have what it takes to survive the hunt?
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CHEMISTS: Area of infection
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
A year after the global catastrophe, you woke up in a hospital and don't remember anything. You have to not only find out what happened, but also try to survive in this harsh dangerous world.
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Never Be Alone
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Never Be Alone is an open-world zombie survival game designed for solo play and seamless co-op. Face the apocalypse alone or survive together in a world reclaimed by nature 10 years after the outbreak.
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From Scratch
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
From Scratch is survival game set in a huge open world of over 50 square kilometers. Fight, craft and acquire resources to survive in a world overrun by zombies and wild animals.
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Polygone
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Polygone is a low-poly, yet highly visual take on the classic "Zombie Modes" in modern first person shooters. Play with up to four friends to fight off endless hordes of over 50 different zombies and bosses on a massive map that you'll need to unlock areas to explore.
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Morte Accendere
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
A sci-fi zombie infected third or first person action with elements of parkour, combat with weapons or hand to hand, many modes of transportation. Ability to craft items and build your safe zone.
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Occupation 2.5
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Attack from Outer Space. Classic old-school First/Third person shooter. Fight against zombies, mutants, monsters to save the Earth!
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Polyturned
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Your goal is to survive in a city overrun by zombies, team up with friends to mine resources, build forts and explore the abandoned city.
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STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?
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STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?
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ARK: Survival Evolved
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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Tom Clancy’s The Division™
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.
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Palworld
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
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Road to Vostok
Single-player alternative to LIFE EFFECT Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.