Single-player games like Monster Showdown
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Monster Showdown, 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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Ashes of the Ark
Single-player alternative to Monster Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Showdown.
Built exclusively for VR, Ashes of the Ark puts you into a survival situation where zombies have taken over the failing space station. Handle the most realistic weapons with real-life movements, freely explore the Ark, and solve puzzles in VR. Can you stop the Flood before they reach the cryo-sector?
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VAR: Exterminate
Single-player alternative to Monster Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Showdown.
The fight is here, humanity’s fate is in your hands! Match up different offensive and defensive upgrades between waves and fend off the onslaught of zombies. Level up and strengthen core abilities and progress to new areas where strains of the virus have evolved.
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Last Day: Zombie Survival VR
Single-player alternative to Monster Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Showdown.
A stranger, who awakens in a room with no recollection of how they got there, soon discovers they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious unknown person.
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Sleep Tight
Single-player alternative to Monster Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Showdown.
Sleep Tight is a fast paced action horror game. Survive the waves of monsters if you can, upgrade different weapons to help you. Remember pay attention, listen closely, and don't let them get you!
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Pathogen: Survival
Single-player alternative to Monster Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Showdown.
Pathogen: Survival is an arcadey wave based FPS zombie game that prioritises progression and customisation.
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Wanted Killer VR
Single-player alternative to Monster Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Showdown.
Choose from a team of unique heroes and use their skills to fight your way through the ranks of the evil corporation that’s trying to wipe you out. Upgrade your arsenal and use bullet-time to take out your enemies in style. Fast-paced arcade action and one-of-a-kind gunplay – this is Wanted Killer VR!
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After the Fall®
Single-player alternative to Monster Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Showdown.
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
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LONN
Single-player alternative to Monster Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Showdown.
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.