Single-player games like Exile Era
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Exile Era, 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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丧尸围楼
Single-player alternative to Exile Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Exile Era.
One building. 176 households. Twelve floors. Fourteen days. A zombie siege in a real Chinese city. You're not a hero — you're the guy on the 7th floor, with twenty neighbors who all speak different dialects. Scavenge by day. Stack furniture against the door by night.
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Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
Single-player alternative to Exile Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Exile Era.
In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.
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DeadOS
Single-player alternative to Exile Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Exile Era.
DeadOS is an early access zombie outbreak simulator by Benn Powell that focuses on city-wide scenarios where you have access to fully customize your apocalypse experience from beginning to end. Simulation. Sandbox. Survival!
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Scrapcrawl
Single-player alternative to Exile Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Exile Era.
You are at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion. Survive and leave the exclusion zone before the radiation becomes deadly. Explore the ruined post-apocalyptic world in search of resources and food. Fight zombies. Develop the bunker. Craft items.
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Jaws Of Extinction™
Single-player alternative to Exile Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Exile Era.
The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.
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The Walking Dead Onslaught
Single-player alternative to Exile Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Exile Era.
There’s no rest when survival is on the line. Step into AMC’s The Walking Dead and prepare for an onslaught of walkers as you assume the roles of your favorite characters from the show, and confront the horrors and humanity of this apocalyptic new world.
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After Long Night
Single-player alternative to Exile Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Exile Era.
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Single-player alternative to Exile Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Exile Era.
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.