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Single-player games like State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition, 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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    State of Decay: YOSE — Steam game cover

    State of Decay: YOSE

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.

    2015ActionSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    State of Decay — Steam game cover

    State of Decay

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

    2013ActionSimulationRPGDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    7 Days to Die — Steam game cover

    7 Days to Die

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sandbox Apocalypse — Steam game cover

    Sandbox Apocalypse

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.

    2024ActionAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Zomboid — Steam game cover

    Project Zomboid

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

    2013IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Survivalist — Steam game cover

    Survivalist

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    How to Survive 2 — Steam game cover

    How to Survive 2

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

    2016ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜 — Steam game cover

    Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.

    2019ActionAdventureSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Survivalist: Invisible Strain — Steam game cover

    Survivalist: Invisible Strain

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kenshi — Steam game cover

    Kenshi

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Conan Exiles — Steam game cover

    Conan Exiles

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

    2018ActionStrategyAdventure39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Forest — Steam game cover

    The Forest

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallout 4 — Steam game cover

    Fallout 4

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RimWorld — Steam game cover

    RimWorld

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Surviving the Aftermath — Steam game cover

    Surviving the Aftermath

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

    2021StrategySimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    State of Decay 3 — Steam game cover

    State of Decay 3

    Single-player alternative to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.

    Play as a community of survivors, build up your settlements with friends, and destroy zombies in State of Decay 3, the latest in the franchise from developer Undead Labs.

    2027ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →