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Single-player games like Zombie City Defense 2

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Zombie City Defense 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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    Breach & Clear: Deadline Rebirth (2016) — Steam game cover

    Breach & Clear: Deadline Rebirth (2016)

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline Rebirth is a new and greatly improved version of B&C: Deadline, the follow-up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed hybrid tactical strategy game.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Men of War: Assault Squad 2 — Steam game cover

    Men of War: Assault Squad 2

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

    2014ActionStrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    First Strike — Steam game cover

    First Strike

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steel Division: Normandy 44 — Steam game cover

    Steel Division: Normandy 44

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

    2017ActionStrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steel Division 2 — Steam game cover

    Steel Division 2

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Men of War: Assault Squad — Steam game cover

    Men of War: Assault Squad

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.

    2011Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Eternal Starlight VR — Steam game cover

    Eternal Starlight VR

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Activate your Neural Link to gain an omniscient view of the battlefield. Experience the conflict at any scale, as you plot the course that will lead your fleet to victory. Eternal Starlight is a tactical space combat game, built from the ground up for VR.

    2021ActionStrategySimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MarZ: Tactical Base Defense — Steam game cover

    MarZ: Tactical Base Defense

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

    2019StrategyIndie21.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    EMERGENCY — Steam game cover

    EMERGENCY

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Save lives – be a hero! Join forces against the chaos in the newest title of the award-winning EMERGENCY series. Take up your shift as incident commander and coordinate with other players to fight fires, arrest gangsters and rescue injured civilians. Your city needs you!

    2023ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Radio Commander VR — Steam game cover

    Radio Commander VR

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Radio Commander now in VR! Be there, right next to the battlefield, in a commander’s tent in the middle of a Vietnamese jungle. Step into the shoes of an experienced leader and lead your soldiers to victory… or at least give them a chance to survive the Vietnam hell.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Radio Commander: Pacific '41 — Steam game cover

    Radio Commander: Pacific '41

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Command operations in the Pacific War by analyzing reports, issuing radio orders, and making strategic decisions. This new title in the Radio Commander series enhances realism, focusing on situational awareness built through radio communications.

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Click and Conquer — Steam game cover

    Click and Conquer

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.

    2025StrategySimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oblivion — Steam game cover

    Oblivion

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Oblivion is a short, story-driven first-person horror game. Uncover the truth hidden within an abandoned school — but beware, some memories were never meant to return.

    2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Into the Void — Steam game cover

    Into the Void

    Single-player alternative to Zombie City Defense 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombie City Defense 2.

    Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles. Travel through space and discover the origin of a cosmic threat which destroyed Earth centuries ago. Fight or cooperate with the different factions; be a leader !

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →