Single-player games like Dead Relay
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Relay, 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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The Stranger VR
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.
The Stranger is an intense VR combat game which sets in an incredibly detailed exotic world. Explore the rich sci fi universe and survive with your weapons and wrist blade. Welcome to the world of the Stranger!
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Undead Space
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.
SPACE - FEAR, AND NO ONE WILL HELP YOU ............. A mix of horror and complete hopelessness. Explore dark corridors, isolated research modules, and abandoned Martian complexes. Here, you are completely alone, surrounded by the undead. Survive by immersing yourself in cosmic SURVIVAL HORROR.
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Vacuum
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.
A 3D first-person shooter in which, by chance, an astronaut gets inside the Earth's Moon satellite teeming with various alien creatures. Survive under the intense music in the style of METAL!
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Battle for Ercaton: Robot Uprising
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Battle For Ercaton: Robot Uprising is a hardcore, story-driven first-person shooter that throws you into a world of ruthless machines and hidden secrets on the planet Ercaton.
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JACK STYLER
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.
Former FBI agent and fishing enthusiast, faces an alien-zombie apocalypse after a virus escapes from NASA. Determined to rescue his wife, he defies the FBI and embarks alone to confront the threat. An epic rescue mission filled with action and suspense!
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Halo: Campaign Evolved
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Pre-purchase Halo: Campaign Evolved and get the Foundry Armory Pack, featuring legendary looks for the Master Chief’s iconic Mark V Mjolnir armor.
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Backrooms Dream with Tung Tung Tung Sahur
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Backrooms Dream with Tung Tung Tung Sahur is a first-person psychological horror game about a lonely man trapped in a surreal dream loop. Explore strange levels, solve eerie puzzles, survive terrifying chases, and uncover why Sahur keeps appearing in your nightmare.
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The Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival Game
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.
The Voidness is a SCI-FI psychological horror game where it takes place inside the void where it's filled with just gloom - the only way to see is by scanning the environment with your range finder device, however you are not alone. Don't breathe ... as they are listening.. and watching.
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Sea of Trials
Single-player alternative to Dead Relay — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Relay.
Survive the ocean, explore islands, build your raft, and fight monsters. Create and expand slave villages, manage resources, and strengthen your influence.