Single-player games like Dead Rising 4
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Rising 4, 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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Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
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Dead Rising® 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground.
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Back 4 Blood
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Sunset Overdrive
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
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Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
The chainsaw-wielding cheerleader Juliet Starling returns in Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP!
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DEAD RISING®
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Dead Island 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.
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ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Paint the screen red and travel the cosmos in this bloodstained action adventure game! Witness the latest from Grasshopper Manufacture: the advent of ULTRA-VIOLENT SCIENCE FICTION!
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Just Cause 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
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Zombie Army VR
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Zombie Hitler may have been defeated, but the zombie hordes are still at large and Europe remains in the throes of war. Return to the field as part of the Deadhunters, an elite squad fighting to end the zombie apocalypse!
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Days Gone
Single-player alternative to Dead Rising 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Rising 4.
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.