Single-player games like Rescue Incoming
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rescue Incoming, 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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Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad
Single-player alternative to Rescue Incoming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rescue Incoming.
Expect blasts of green zombie goo painting the screen in this top-down shooter packed with crazy guns that blow the heads off some… freaky zombies. Your mission is simple: graffiti the whole city before these mutants dog-pile you
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Meteorite Z: The Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Rescue Incoming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rescue Incoming.
Hardcore top-down zombie shooter, one bite and you are a zombie, you will have allies, manage your team effectively. Use many types of weapons to suppress hordes of zombies. A colorful system for dismembering opponents.
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Hearts Gone Black
Single-player alternative to Rescue Incoming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rescue Incoming.
Hearts Gone Black is a top-down survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic open world. Manage your base and survivors, scavenge, gather resources, craft equipment, and defend against infected while endure a broken world where weather, hunger, sanity, and moral choices slowly wear you down.
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Hazard Protocol
Single-player alternative to Rescue Incoming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rescue Incoming.
Hazard Protocol is a 1–4 player top-down co-op horror shooter built for tense 10–30 minute missions. Fight adaptive infected hordes, complete objectives under pressure, rescue your squad, and unlock new loadout options between operations.
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Zombie Builder Defense 2
Single-player alternative to Rescue Incoming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rescue Incoming.
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
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Section 13
Single-player alternative to Rescue Incoming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rescue Incoming.
Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a subterranean base, either alone or in a group of up to 3 players.
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World War Z
Single-player alternative to Rescue Incoming — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rescue Incoming.
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
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Night Raider
Single-player alternative to Rescue Incoming — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...