Single-player games like Kalaban
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Kalaban, 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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The Adventures of Mr. Willickers the Rotting Mule
Single-player alternative to Kalaban — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kalaban.
Mr. Willickers can never, ever die. He'll chase you until the very ends of the earth.
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Enemy Remains
Single-player alternative to Kalaban — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Kalaban.
Atmospheric horror shooter, offering a blend of intense action and survival horror.
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Heavy in the Hand
Single-player alternative to Kalaban — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kalaban.
Cock the hammer, pull the trigger, count to six. Release the cylinder, eject the shells, count to six again. You hold death in your hand, and death is heavy. Descend to the abyss, shoot the horrors you can comprehend, and survive the horrors you cannot.
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EMPTY SHELL 2
Single-player alternative to Kalaban — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kalaban.
Take on the roles of expendable volunteers sent to a forsaken facility on a remote Japanese island. Recover lost data, scavenge for resources, manage your inventory, and endure unspeakable cosmic horrors. In this top-down extraction survival horror, every expedition is a journey back from madness.
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The Park Keeper
Single-player alternative to Kalaban — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kalaban.
Manage a national park where something is clearly trying to get out. Screen visitors, cover up incidents, and keep everyone convinced that everything is under control.
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Baratrum
Single-player alternative to Kalaban — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kalaban.
Baratrum is an arcade horror game where every playthrough is different in this procedurally generated game.
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Half Left
Single-player alternative to Kalaban — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kalaban.
Trapped inside a quarantined research complex, a wheelchair-bound nurse must survive a curse beyond human comprehension.
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Hearts Gone Black
Single-player alternative to Kalaban — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kalaban.
Hearts Gone Black is a top-down zombie survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world. Manage your base and survivors, scavenge, gather resources, craft equipment, and defend against infected while endure a broken world where weather, hunger, sanity, and moral choices can slowly wear you down.