Single-player games like Nowhere Dawn
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nowhere Dawn, 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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From Hell
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nowhere Dawn.
From Hell is a third-person action survival horror. Explore an ancient manor in the late 1960s, fight ghouls and all kinds of monsters from the mythical underworld. Survive, craft items, solve puzzles and unlock secrets in the hunt for secret of your missing old friend.
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Escape Z
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nowhere Dawn.
Survive the apocalypse with friends in Escape Z. Fight and plan tactics to face hordes of zombies. Choose your character, map and prepare. Survival is your only option.
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PSYCHO DEAD
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nowhere Dawn.
A third-person survival horror game that you play as a girl with psychic power who tries to escape from a secret lab and is pursued by deadly stalkers.
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nowhere Dawn.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Last Whisper
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nowhere Dawn.
Last Whisper Survival is a cooperative zombie survival game where exploration of the open world is key. As you venture further, you'll need to upgrade your gear and level up your character and skill tree to handle the increasing challenges as you move through the world.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nowhere Dawn.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nowhere Dawn.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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Secret Archives
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nowhere Dawn.
This is a third person shooter game The main plot is a secret experiment being conducted somewhere in the future During this process, a strange mineral was discovered and caused a large-scale infection The protagonist's task is to retrieve important "files" and escape from this place!
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SoulUp
Single-player alternative to Nowhere Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nowhere Dawn.
Precise parries, calculated jumps. A single mistake leads to a fall. Experience the tension of hardcore action in SoulUp.