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Single-player games like Z: The End

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Z: The End, 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 S.U.N.D.I.A.L — Steam game cover

    Project S.U.N.D.I.A.L

    Single-player alternative to Z: The End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z: The End.

    Project S.U.N.D.I.A.L. is a PvPvE extraction shooter playable in single-player or online. Explore a shattered Europe, battle hostile players, ruthless raiders, and terrifying Hollows, then fight your way to extraction.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alone Girl — Steam game cover

    Alone Girl

    Single-player alternative to Z: The End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z: The End.

    Become a lone girl, fight against endless hordes of zombies and bugs alone in the apocalypse overrun by aliens and mutated monsters, collect resources to upgrade your arsenal, tear through the darkness and blood with firepower, and experience the pure thrill of adrenaline rushing!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure1.69 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plains of Pain — Steam game cover

    Plains of Pain

    Single-player alternative to Z: The End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z: The End.

    Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ares Virus2 — Steam game cover

    Ares Virus2

    Single-player alternative to Z: The End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z: The End.

    The "Ares Virus" series of games is widely acclaimed for its unique combat and individual style of painting. Now that the sequel is back, it will give you an unprecedented experience.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure18.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ZERO Sievert — Steam game cover

    ZERO Sievert

    Single-player alternative to Z: The End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z: The End.

    Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Drive 4 Survival — Steam game cover

    Drive 4 Survival

    Single-player alternative to Z: The End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z: The End.

    Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!

    2020ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    She Will Shoot — Steam game cover

    She Will Shoot

    Single-player alternative to Z: The End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z: The End.

    She Will Shoot - is a cool zombie killer from the third person in a variety of scenery. Choose an arena and use different types of weapons to clear it of zombies.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Atomic Exile — Steam game cover

    Atomic Exile

    Single-player alternative to Z: The End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Z: The End.

    Atomic Exile is a top down post-apocalyptic extraction shooter set in the desert wastelands of near future America. You will visit enclaves, explore devastated ruins and encounter NPCs such as other survivors, raiders, mutated beasts and rogue machines.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →