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Single-player games like The WILDS

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The WILDS, 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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    My Life: Zoo Vet — Steam game cover

    My Life: Zoo Vet

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.

    Take care of sick zoo animals! Many exciting tasks await you in the zoo, and some of the cute residents need your help. From clumsy young animals to curious penguins and powerful elephants - they all need nursing back to health!

    2025SimulationCasual14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paint By Pixel — Steam game cover

    Paint By Pixel

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with The WILDS.

    Paint Pretty Pictures by Pixel!

    2023Casual11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Life: Pet Vet — Steam game cover

    My Life: Pet Vet

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.

    Cute little pets need your help!

    2022SimulationCasual14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Animal Trainer Simulator — Steam game cover

    Animal Trainer Simulator

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The WILDS.

    Become a real-life animal trainer! Manage and develop your animal training center, create a safe and happy place for them! Train different types of animals, and give them a lot of attention and they will surely become calmer and more cooperative with their owners.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Life: Farm Vet — Steam game cover

    My Life: Farm Vet

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The WILDS.

    They need you on the farm - examine and treat lots of animals!

    2024Simulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Animal Shake — Steam game cover

    Animal Shake

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Early Access with The WILDS.

    Meet adorable animal friends in the physics-based puzzle game Animal Shake. You can use physics to compensate for mistakes or aim for unexpected luck. It offers a variety of gaming experiences by mutations that change the game rules, along with distinct game modes, each with its own concept.

    2024IndieCasualEarly Access3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Animal Pattern — Steam game cover

    Animal Pattern

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with The WILDS.

    Explore the animal world in this fun, family-friendly game. Sit back and relax and exercise your memory by finding all animal pairs. Match all pairs to win across seven stages with all hand-drawn art featuring many unique animals.

    2025Casual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Farmyard Survivors — Steam game cover

    Farmyard Survivors

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with The WILDS.

    Survive hordes of cute (but evil) animals attacking your farm in this fast-paced, lane-based roguelite. Recruit adorable heroes and unlock powerful support animals to protect your farm from relentless attackers!

    2025Casual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition — Steam game cover

    WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with The WILDS.

    Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.

    2025ActionSimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Dead Redemption 2 — Steam game cover

    Red Dead Redemption 2

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

    2019ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    King of Bones — Steam game cover

    King of Bones

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The WILDS.

    King of Bones is a fast-paced dinosaur fighting game with physics-driven skill-based combat. Dash, dodge, stomp, headbutt, and smash your way through multiple unique game modes and over two dozen unique species as you fight to dominate the arena.

    2025ActionIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infinite Bloom — Steam game cover

    Infinite Bloom

    Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with The WILDS.

    Embody beings from vast cosmos to tiny plankton, and even your mind in Infinite Bloom! Use your hands to flap or swim. Power, identity, and scale become fluid. Faced with the vastness of the world, human is only a drop in the ocean, part of a continuum of life far greater than us.

    2026IndieSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →