Single-player games like Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Below are 15 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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Zector 7
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.
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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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Sailing alone:Aftermath
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
You are just an ordinary person, with only a small boat serving as your home, struggling to find a way to survive in the ruthless ocean of the post-apocalyptic world.
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Fera: The Sundered Tribes
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
Fera: The Sundered Tribes is an enthralling mixture of monster hunting survival action RPG with village building and tribe management with groundbreaking aerial traversal and combat mechanics.
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Cutthroat Cove
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
Welcome to Cutthroat Cove. Get ready to pillage and plunder, or be prepared to walk the plank. In this open world pirate thriller you can craft, engage in combat with the nasty locals, and follow clues to unlock the secrets of the Old World.
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Dysterra
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!
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Aground Zero
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survivalist: Invisible Strain.
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
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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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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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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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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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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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Vanilla Brain Exam
Single-player alternative to Survivalist: Invisible Strain — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This cute and bubbly game is everything you ever wanted in a vanilla sexy game. There are no frills or complicated mechanics, just simple and pure vanilla erotic scenes. Girls are cute and welcoming! The gameplay is highly polished and fun match 3 puzzle.
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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.