Single-player games like HALF DEAD 2
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to HALF DEAD 2, 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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HALF DEAD 3
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with HALF DEAD 2.
Become a member of the highly anticipated sequel of the co-op sci-fi show. Gather a team of four friends. The more partners the more chances to survive. Find your way out in a deadly new room complex filled with even more sophisticated traps.
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Half Dead
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with HALF DEAD 2.
Half dead is a multiplayer sci-fi game about a violent TV show. The players' goal is to survive in a network of rooms full of traps.
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Killing Floor 2
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with HALF DEAD 2.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with HALF DEAD 2.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Back 4 Blood
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with HALF DEAD 2.
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with HALF DEAD 2.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Dead Effect 2
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with HALF DEAD 2.
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with HALF DEAD 2.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Need For Drink
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with HALF DEAD 2.
“Need For Drink” is a casual multiplayer game about competition between the spouses: a drunkard husband and his brawler wife.
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Statues
Single-player alternative to HALF DEAD 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with HALF DEAD 2.
Do not even try to close your eyes. You can't let the fear go. It is real. It is more real than you can imagine... "Statues" is a mix of survival-horror and action-adventure developed by Room710Games. The game based on the creepy enemies that only move when you're not looking at them.