Single-player games like Zone Anomaly
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Zone Anomaly, 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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Metro Exodus
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zone Anomaly.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zone Anomaly.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
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Metro: Last Light Redux
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zone Anomaly.
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Zone Anomaly.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – standalone prequel for the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, which tells you story about the Clear Sky group, that want to research the Zone and understand it better.
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Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zone Anomaly.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zone Anomaly.
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zone Anomaly.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Zone Anomaly.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
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Professor Madhouse
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Professor Madhouse is an adventurous game of logic for young children.
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Chicken Rider
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zone Anomaly.
In Chicken Rider you play as a polar bear who is fighting for an animal freedom. This time you have a new mission. You have to help chickens held in the chicken farm. Suit up and go! The chickens are waiting for your help!
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Down to Hell
Single-player alternative to Zone Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Zone Anomaly.
Down to hell is a dynamic slasher in which lone swordsman must face the hordes of hellish demons. Moreover Down to Hell will give you truly Heavy F’N Metal experience.