Single-player games like Stay Alive: Apocalypse
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Stay Alive: Apocalypse, 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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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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Mist Survival
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
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Waste Walkers
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.
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Frozen State
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
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No One Survived
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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NEO Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
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Fort Zombie
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
In Fort Zombie, players are trapped in the small town of Piety, Indiana. Organize and build a defense shelter from an impending wave of undead. Choose a building to be your Fort and forage for Food, Weapons, Supplies and People.
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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.
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Streamer Daily
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
Did you think it was easy to streaming? Do you think streamers earn money by playing games? Can you reach the summit by facing all the challenges of streaming? Then be a real streamer instead of playing this game !!!
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Developer Daily
Single-player alternative to Stay Alive: Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.
A game developer life and company management simulator where you build, grow, and dominate your own studio. Play solo, or collaborate and compete with friends in multiplayer.