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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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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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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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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West of Dead
Single-player alternative to DON'T DIE! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DON'T DIE!.
Descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this cover-based shooter which combines the fluidity of twin-stick controls and tactical cover usage. Dodge behind cover as you try to outgun your enemies in the unknown procedurally generated hunting grounds.
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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 horror that magnifies the intensity of 2000s psychological sci-fi thrillers. In this cinematic, story-driven experience, play as local journalist Taylor Fox, sent to investigate reports of terrifying events unfolding 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.