Single-player games like Dead Island 2
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Island 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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Dead Island Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Island 2.
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
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Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
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Atomfall
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Island 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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Days Gone
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
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Killing Floor 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Island 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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After the Fall®
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
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Unturned
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Island 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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Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Island 2.
Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!
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Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Island 2.
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
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Back 4 Blood
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Island 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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DEAD RISING®
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
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Saints Row
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
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World of Witchcraft
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
Immerse yourself in a world where ambition, magic, and lust intertwine.
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Homefront®: The Revolution
Single-player alternative to Dead Island 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Island 2.
Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.