Single-player games like Deadness
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Deadness, 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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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadness.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadness.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadness.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadness.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
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Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadness.
Step into the shadows in Thief VR. You are Magpie, a cunning thief orphaned by Baron Northcrest and shaped by the streets. Use VR mechanics to steal, evade, and outsmart the City's forces. Your goal? A relic in Northcrest's vault, which uncovers a far greater artifact with a powerful legacy.
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The Persistence
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadness.
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
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Half-Life: Alyx
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadness.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
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Propagation: Paradise Hotel
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadness.
Trapped inside the Paradise Hotel, you are desperate to find your sister. Explore dark surroundings, gather resources, and survive terrifying encounters. This intense single-player VR survival horror game with great storytelling will get your adrenaline pumping.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Deadness.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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SickWay VR
Single-player alternative to Deadness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Deadness.
Sickway is a realistic VR game where you drive a two wheeled electric vehicle in the heights of the city with the goal of getting down. Good advice: Avoid falling down! You can use your creative abilities in track editor, or you can become the fastest among your friends in multiplayer maps.