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Single-player games like Zafehouse Diaries 2

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Zafehouse Diaries 2, 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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    Urban Strife — Steam game cover

    Urban Strife

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG27.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zafehouse: Diaries — Steam game cover

    Zafehouse: Diaries

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fear Equation — Steam game cover

    Fear Equation

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zector 7 — Steam game cover

    Zector 7

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    March of the Living — Steam game cover

    March of the Living

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terminus: Zombie Survivors — Steam game cover

    Terminus: Zombie Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NEO Scavenger — Steam game cover

    NEO Scavenger

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    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.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Darfall — Steam game cover

    Darfall

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation18.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified — Steam game cover

    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    XCOM® 2 — Steam game cover

    XCOM® 2

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deadnaut — Steam game cover

    Deadnaut

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deadnaut: Signal Lost — Steam game cover

    Deadnaut: Signal Lost

    Single-player alternative to Zafehouse Diaries 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zafehouse Diaries 2.

    Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.

    2023StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →