Single-player games like Dead Dust
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Dust, 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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Restless Night
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Dust.
You will have to take up arms and win back your place among the living. Or rather, bullets and accuracy. In fact, everything is not so simple and you need to keep your eyes open, because you need to fight with the monsters of the afterlife from all points of the earth that want to take your place.
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El Borracho
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Dust.
The fun Shoot ’em up and 2D platformer. Fight enemies, complete levels, and progress through the story to reach the end and save your village from the bandits. The revolver, machete, dynamite, and a bottle of tequila will help you along the way.
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Circus Pocus
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Dust.
Clowns are very strange characters. Many people like their funny performances in the circus, and someone is afraid of them like fire. Circus Pocus - will tell you a terrible story that unfolded in the walls of the old circus.
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Dust.
From the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez® Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Dust.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Bloodroots
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Dust.
One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.
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Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Dust.
When a mysterious beam from space transforms the world into a game, the Angry Video Game Nerd must return to put the "ASS" in ASSimilation. Utilize new mechanics, power-ups, abilities, and collectible armor pieces to defeat your most powerful foe yet, and save the world!
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The Last Faith
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Dust.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
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Earth Marines
Single-player alternative to Dead Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Dust.
Earth Marines - a dynamic top down shooter in which you need to save the planet from dangerous zombie - brain eaters!