Single-player games like Viral Cry
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Viral Cry, 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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Zombie Groove
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
A bit different game that challenges you with a sense of rhythm. Focus on the groove of the music. Then you'll enjoy the upbeat rhythm you've never experienced before.
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TERRORHYTHM (TRRT) - Rhythm driven action beat 'em up!
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
TERRORHYTHM - the music powered beat 'em up game. Follow the rhythm of music to defeat the security systems that keep any sound from the society. Upload your own MP3 collection and battle through your favourite tracks!
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Save 2020
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Viral Cry.
Help a fellow archer to overcome these big and evil monsters that are ahead, A challenging Side scroller action - Run and Gun Game where your skills will be tested.
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Blight Night
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
The shadows whisper secrets you were never meant to hear. Step into Blight Night, a retro survival horror where the past won’t stay buried. Relive the chilling VHS-era terror of the 1980s, where every sound makes you question if you're truly alone.
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Alpha Nomos
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
It's time to wield the beat! Play as Cello and slice through an army of rogue puppets in a vibrant, melody-twisted world. Combat pulses to the soundtrack - time your moves to the beat to unleash show-stopping combos and perfectly choreographed chaos!
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Cyber Bay
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
"Cyber Bay" is a 2D rhythm action roguelike in which the player takes on the role of the last surviving human fighting against a zombie apocalypse caused by artificial intelligence. The player's main objective is to survive, fight zombies, and find ways to destroy the AI.
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Cardbot
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
Cardbot is an action-platformer game about traveling through dimensions to restore the world!
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Concerto on White
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Viral Cry.
Rhythm Action? No, this is MUSICIAN SIMULATION! Concerto on White is a musician simulation game featuring classical music. Unlike any typical rhythm games, players are required to actually play the main melody. In the main story, you will experience adventurous campus life in the academy.
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Achievement Machine
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Viral Cry.
Achievement Machine is a colorful clicker game for those who wants not only to get tons of achievements in no time, but also to enjoy real gameplay and various gamemodes!
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Knockout Checkers Chamber
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In a magical parallel world, a decent alternative to wars and duels was invented: combat checkers. Each player tries to knock the opponent's pieces off the board. Combine various kinds of pieces, try different tactics and develop your own style of fight!
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Forestation
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Grow green forests by drawing a continuous line through all the cells in each level. Sophisticated levels and sudden secrets await you in this puzzle that could seem simple at first impression!
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Chronicles of Vinland
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As an exiled Norse jarl, build a viking settlement on the edge of known world and let it thrive! Gather resources, develop your selttlement, and gather even more resources.
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Mafia Gambling
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to the Criminal Town full of gangsters and mafioso. Test your luck in dangerous mafia Blackjack tournament also known as twenty-one, which is one of the most popular casino games around the world.
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Geek Fighter
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Viral Cry.
Geek Fighter is a crazy quiz game that'll test you on your knowledge of movies, video games, comics and memes... right in the middle of a battle!
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Grim Town: Battle Tales
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Viral Cry.
Grim Town: Battle Tales is a card game with RPG elements in a dark fantasy world, where demons and people live side by side. Lead your character to victory fighting on the streets of Grim Town as well as at the card table.
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Sky Hawk
Single-player alternative to Viral Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Viral Cry.
Near East, year 203X. The fire of a neverending conflict is still raging in the region, so the world community decides to intervene. You are an elite pilot of the United Nations «Wings of Freya», and your mission is to compel all sides to make peace!