Single-player games like The Living Remain
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Living Remain, 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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Contagion VR: Outbreak
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Living Remain.
Contagion VR: Outbreak will immerse you into the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Relive stories of the survivors in the Single Player campaign, take your time in Free Roam, or check out the Firing Range!
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Arizona Sunshine® 2
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Living Remain.
It's time to say hello to your old pal, Fred. Arizona Sunshine® 2, the next-gen sequel to the fan-favorite VR apocalypse, packs even more gore-geous zombie action! And what's better than braving the end of the f*cking world alone? Surviving it with your new best friend--Buddy.
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Propagation: Paradise Hotel
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Living Remain.
Trapped inside the Paradise Hotel, you are desperate to find your sister. Explore dark surroundings, gather resources, and survive terrifying encounters. This intense single-player VR survival horror game with great storytelling will get your adrenaline pumping.
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Hubris
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Living Remain.
Hubris is a VR action-adventure game set in a unique and colourful Sci-Fi universe, with immersive movement options, including swimming, climbing, and jumping. Players will have to gather resources, craft food and upgrade their weapons to fight off alien wildlife, droids, and humanoid enemies.
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LONN
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Living Remain.
Grab. Throw. Obliterate. Physics-driven VR where telekinesis meets cyberpunk chaos. You're an elite bounty hunter dismantling a mind-transfer cult—using swords, guns, and anything you can hurl. 8hr campaign, roguelike missions, arena battles. Total freedom. Zero limits.
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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Living Remain.
Hunted by the seemingly unstoppable Axeman and facing off against the Tower’s latest push for total dominance, discover what connects these new threats together before it’s too late. New faces, places, weapons and gear all await you on your journey to a final showdown for the city's fate.
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Dead Effect 2 VR
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Living Remain.
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
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Arken Age
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Living Remain.
Arken Age is a VR action-adventure game set in the Bio-Chasm—a terraformed fantasy world created by the Grand Arborist. Engage in full physics combat using Arkenite infused swords & guns—and freely explore the densely filled environments under siege by Hyperion's neural corruption.
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SURV1V3
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Living Remain.
Forget what you have played so far, SURV1V3 is a unique realistic zombie survival fps game expressly designed for VIRTUAL REALITY that will let you test your survival skills. Play the thrilling story in single mode or coop with your friends (up to 4 players) and survive the apocalypse!
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Living Remain.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Living Remain.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
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Half-Life: Alyx
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Living Remain.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Single-player alternative to The Living Remain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Living Remain.
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.