Single-player games like DON'T DIE!
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to DON'T DIE!, 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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Heartless Dark
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
Inch your way through oppressive darkness using only a flashlight and 6th sense in this tense top-down roguelike. Shoot, stun, electrocute, poison and blow-up monsters in abandoned corporate offices where resources are scarce and even the furniture could be trying to kill you.
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Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge is a 2D Old School Action Platformer in which the mission of the player is to smash as many pumpkins as possible.
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Zombie Survivors: Inventory Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
Inventory Apocalypse is a top-down shooter roguelite with a grid based inventory system. Navigate a zombie infested world while keeping your backpack organized. With a variety of tools to collect and upgrades to choose from, each run is unique. Every moment counts as you run, scavenge and fight.
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Breaking Lockdown
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
A short "die & retry" horror survival. You were supposed to follow the lockdown instructions but when you receive that desperate phone call from Jenny, you can't just ignore her. Try to survive and rescue your friend in a burning city.
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Bloody Walls
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
The world was plunged into chaos following an accident at a bio-weapon research facility. 100% of the earth's population has been infected. There is an antidote that blocks infection from the airborne strain of the virus, but the effect is temporary.
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In Game Adventure: Legend of Monsters
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
A top-down arena shooter with a wide variety of weapons and enemies. Confront hordes of zombies and monsters in totally random generated arenas.
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Castle of no Escape 2
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
Explore 6 x 6 x 6 = 216 rooms of randomly generated hazards and enemies while collecting the necessary artefacts. Hundreds of monsters are roaming inside, guarding the sword shards — the last known thing to be capable of defeating the demonic castle owner.
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
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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BANG! BANG! Totally Accurate Redneck Simulator
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
BANG! BANG! Totally Accurate Redneck Simulator is a silly and super tough physics based shooter puzzler in which you attempt to help a drunken redneck hit targets without accidentally shooting himself with a ricochet.
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Drunken Fist 🍺👊 Totally Accurate Beat 'em up
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
Funny drunken physics-based beat'em up game. Drunken brawls, lawlessness and more fun! Look for food and booze! Don’t forget to urinate on the asphalt...or on your enemies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Add to Your Wishlist!
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Dead Motherland: Zombie Co-op
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
A dark co-op top-down shooter in a post-soviet zombie apocalypse setting. You appear at a random location in the city. The goal is to get to the transport, and you will make the path yourself. In the day - look for resources and build fortifications. At night - destroy the dead and their bosses!
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They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A first-person alien abduction horror game inspired by cult sci-fi thrillers. In this cinematic, story-driven experience, play as local journalist Taylor Fox, sent to investigate chilling reports of unexplained phenomena at a remote family farm.
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Drunken Fist 2: Zombie Hangover
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
Filled with blood, gore and loss of limbs depicted in light-hearted low-poly style, Drunken Fist 2: Zombie Hangover is a whimsical take on survival horror, featuring physics-based beat ‘em up action and ragdoll takedowns that no sober player would take seriously.
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Hot Blood
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
Take down zombies as a deadly cutie in 3D low-poly style! Hot Blood is physics-based brawling fun inspired by action movies of the 80s & 90s.