Single-player games like Envy the Dead
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Envy the Dead, 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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Craft In Abyss
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
Craft in Abyss is a tower defense rogue-lite game. It allow players to design their own mechanical fortress, gather resources and continuously strengthen the fortress facilities within a sci-fi world.
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Forsaken: Year One
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.
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Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.
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Infectonator: Survivors
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Envy the Dead.
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
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FALL
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Envy the Dead.
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
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Darfall
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.
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Towns
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
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The Long Journey Home
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Envy the Dead.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Gedonia
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Envy the Dead.
Gedonia is a classic open world rpg, featuring a complete freedom of building your character, exploring a huge world and completing quests.
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Gedonia 2
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Envy the Dead.
Gedonia 2 is an online coop RPG, which allows up to 4 players to freely explore living open world and build absolutely unique characters. An expanded and improved sequel for RPG Gedonia.
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Galaxy Squad
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Envy the Dead.
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
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Putrefaction
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
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The Tape
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.
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Putrefaction 2: Void Walker
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Putrefaction 2: Void Walker is fast-paced, hardcore, arcade FPS, inspired by old-school shooters.
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Putrefaction 2: Rumble in the hometown
Single-player alternative to Envy the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Putrefaction 2: Rumble in the hometown is a stand-alone campaign for Putrefaction 2: Void Walker, with new levels and enemies to fight. You can play this game without purchasing original Putrefaction 2.