Single-player games like DEAD UNIT
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to DEAD UNIT, 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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MEGANAUT
Single-player alternative to DEAD UNIT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD UNIT.
A 3rd person narrative horror game with modernized retro 3D graphics, and unique floating mechanics. Travel past The Habitat walls into the deep megastructure in search of your missing friend Seija, and find out why he left.
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Rehaunted
Single-player alternative to DEAD UNIT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DEAD UNIT.
Enter a house where every clue feels wrong. Investigate a brutal crime scene, uncover hidden evidence, and use your detective tools to piece together a disturbing truth buried beneath the silence.
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Otherside Tapes: Favela
Single-player alternative to DEAD UNIT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DEAD UNIT.
A first-person psychological horror game with a found-footage aesthetic. In search of the mysterious Street 7, an urban explorer finds himself trapped in a loop of distorted realities, rituals, and a supernatural presence that controls the Favela das Almas.
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Butcher of the North
Single-player alternative to DEAD UNIT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD UNIT.
You never received any New Year's gifts. This year, you decided to take what is yours. After tracking Santa down by his IP address, you head to his lair to take what is rightfully yours.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to DEAD UNIT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD UNIT.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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DEATH STRANDING
Single-player alternative to DEAD UNIT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DEAD UNIT.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience. Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.
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No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Single-player alternative to DEAD UNIT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD UNIT.
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
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Transient: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to DEAD UNIT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEAD UNIT.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.