Single-player games like Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Survivalist: Invisible Strain, 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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Survivalist
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Frostpunk
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
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Kenshi
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
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Fallout 4
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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VEIN
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
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Mist Survival
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
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Dead Age
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
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The Infected
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.