Single-player games like Dead Rising® 2
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Rising® 2, 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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Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
You are Frank West – photojournalist and original hero of the Dead Rising Willamette incident – taking center stage experiencing the re-imagined Fortune City outbreak.
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Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising® 2.
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
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DEAD RISING®
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
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Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
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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Dead Rising 4
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising® 2.
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
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How to Survive 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
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Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising® 2.
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
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Saints Row
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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ZOMBI
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.
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Just Cause 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Mortal Kombat 1
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising® 2.
Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities!
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising® 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising® 2.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.