Single-player games like Survive the Blackout
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Survive the Blackout, 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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Apocalypse Love Shelter
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survive the Blackout.
Zombie apocalypse world! You built a shelter in advance, and countless girls wanted to enter your shelter for self-protection. Female neighbor, flight attendant, female boss, celebrity... All beings are equal before the end of time.
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Underchoice
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survive the Blackout.
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
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The Pale Beyond
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survive the Blackout.
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
- 4
The Great Plague Exodus
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survive the Blackout.
The Year is 1665 and the Great Plague has struck London. Guide your family through the darkest period of English history as you flee across the country. Navigate 100s of random events that challenge your ethics and your drive to survive.
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Astronaut: The Best
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survive the Blackout.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
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This War of Mine
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survive the Blackout.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survive the Blackout.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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Chernobyl 1986
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survive the Blackout.
Chernobyl 1986 is a decision-based game about one of the largest nuclear power plant disasters in history. Play as the manager of a nuclear power plant in a time of a serious crisis that can cost millions of lives.
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Sheltered
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survive the Blackout.
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survive the Blackout.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Witch’s Gaze - The Vanishing Village
Single-player alternative to Survive the Blackout — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survive the Blackout.
Embark on a mystical quest that blends Slavic folklore with arcane witchcraft, uncover hidden secrets, and rescue a village lost to the shadows in this magical detective visual novel. Oh, and never forget your cat - he might save you!