Single-player games like The Hordes of the Dead
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Hordes of the Dead, 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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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Hordes of the Dead.
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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Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Hordes of the Dead.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Hordes of the Dead.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Hordes of the Dead.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Hordes of the Dead.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
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El Paso, Elsewhere
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Hordes of the Dead.
STAKES. GUNS. SLOW-MO. Fight werewolves and vampires in a reality-shifting motel. Dive through barricades to escape the grasp of evil puppets. Destroy the villain you loved. A new, third-person love letter to classic shooters. Neo-noir never looked so good.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Hordes of the Dead.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Hordes of the Dead.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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Code Zero
Single-player alternative to The Hordes of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Hordes of the Dead.
Anime Hack and Slash with an intense 3D combat. Neutralize the irregular robots and recover the control of the factory.