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
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!
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Paint By Pixel
Single-player alternative to The WILDS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with The WILDS.
Paint Pretty Pictures by Pixel!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.