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Single-player games like DeadStuck

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to DeadStuck, 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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    Red Rage — Steam game cover

    Red Rage

    Single-player alternative to DeadStuck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeadStuck.

    Red Rage is a gory, wave-based zombie FPS with a unique art variety of maps and unlockable weapons, where the player's objective is to reach the highest score before they die in order to unlock increasingly powerful guns.

    2020ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Acquitted — Steam game cover

    Acquitted

    Single-player alternative to DeadStuck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeadStuck.

    Piss bottles. Bats. Bike locks. Face the media-manufactured outrage of braindead mobs in a fully destructible, randomly generated riot zone as you try to get home from court alive after each self-defense trial. Shoot, hack, blast & build walls & turrets vs tricky AI in this brutally intense shooter!

    2022ActionIndieCasual7.95 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Beacon — Steam game cover

    Dead Beacon

    Single-player alternative to DeadStuck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeadStuck.

    Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by late 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anomalous — Steam game cover

    Anomalous

    Single-player alternative to DeadStuck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeadStuck.

    A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music

    2024ActionIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ion Fury — Steam game cover

    Ion Fury

    Single-player alternative to DeadStuck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeadStuck.

    3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

    2019ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun — Steam game cover

    Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

    Single-player alternative to DeadStuck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeadStuck.

    Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.

    2023ActionIndie21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HROT — Steam game cover

    HROT

    Single-player alternative to DeadStuck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeadStuck.

    HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake — Steam game cover

    THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake

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

    THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake is a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 in arcade platform. A classic arcade rail-shooter receives a whole new entourage and gameplay changes to suit modern gaming standards.

    2022Action24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →