Single-player games like Dead
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Dead, 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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Salt VS Pepper
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!
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Undercroft Warriors
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
- 3
Peace Data
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
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DOOMTANK
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
DOOMTANK is a fast-paced twin-stick shooter designed to put you in the hot seat. Enter an ever-changing room straight from the depths of Hell and slay its inhabitants.
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Hostile Lands
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
Hostile Lands is a 2D top-down, roguelite shooter where a crash landing is mistaken for an act of war. LOOT tons of unique guns. ENHANCE your skills. RESCUE surviving crew members and ESCAPE...if you can.
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Mega City Force
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
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ULTRABUGS
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
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UBERMOSH Vol.5
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
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Worlds
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
You're Reyk, a highly trained interdimensional Agent. Pack yourself with deadly weapons and equipment, then journey through the portal to strange parallel worlds! Assassinate your targets, sneak in enemy bases and investigate on mysterious anomalies to uncover the odd link between these worlds...
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OESE
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead.
OESE - The space survival game about decisions and consequences.
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Mini-Dead
Single-player alternative to Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead.
144 FPS boss battle action with a devilishly creative game mechanic.