Single-player games like Rain Station Z
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Rain Station Z, 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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Survive the Nights
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rain Station Z.
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
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DeadPoly
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rain Station Z.
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
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Junk Survivor
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rain Station Z.
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
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Plains of Pain
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rain Station Z.
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
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Ice Station Z
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rain Station Z.
Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.
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Unturned
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rain Station Z.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rain Station Z.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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ARK: Survival Ascended
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rain Station Z.
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
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The Casebook of Arkady Smith
Single-player alternative to Rain Station Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rain Station Z.
An open world investigation game set in a futuristic city. Take on the role of Arkady Smith, the famous investigator in this third person adventure game.