Single-player games like Outbreak
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Outbreak, 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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Outbreak: Epidemic
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Return to the world of 4-player co-op survival horror with classic gameplay, strict inventory management, crushing enemies, horrific difficulty and more as you and a group of survivors try to survive the epidemic.
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Universal Enemies
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Join Riana and her team to stop a conspiracy of monsters that have gone berserk. A depth-scrolling action shooter with lots of characters and monsters!
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DUNJUNGUY
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
DUNJUNGUY is a randomly generated action RPG dungeon-crawler with Rogue-like elements. Following brave adventurers on their journey into the DUNJUN players will find bizarre unique items, epic loot, and pets that buff the player's abilities and enable them to fight off the endless hordes of creatures.
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AI Olympius
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Join the rebels in a third-person shooter with RPG elements and base-building mode. Fight against various combat drone models under the control of the supreme AI.
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Gears 5
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak.
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.
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HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
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Wizard with a Gun
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Wizard with a Gun is an online sandbox survival game for 1 - 4 players set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with a friend to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown.
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Warhammer: Chaosbane
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak.
In a world ravaged by war and dominated by magic, you must rise up to face the Chaos hordes. Playing solo or with up to four players in local or online co-op, choose a hero from four character classes and prepare for epic battles wielding some of the most powerful artefacts of the Old World.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Resident Evil 2
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Outbreak.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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Left 4 Dead
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Outbreak.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
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Outbreak: The New Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!
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Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.
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Outbreak: Lost Hope
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Help a mother survive against the undead and find her her lost daughter in this hardcore survival horror nightmare.
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Outbreak: Endless Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
The nightmare continues for Lydia and her fellow survivors. Experience true horror in this co-op survival horror roguelike.
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Outbreak: Contagious Memories
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
You’re trapped in a city ravaged by the undead - can you make it out alive? Join Lydia in her desperate struggle to escape, either alone or with a friend in co-op, in this chilling love letter to classic 90s survival horror.
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Dinobreak
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak.
Dinosaurs have returned in this retro survival horror crisis.
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Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows
Single-player alternative to Outbreak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Outbreak.
Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.