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Single-player games like ZIC: Survival

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to ZIC: Survival, 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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    Survive on Raft — Steam game cover

    Survive on Raft

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZIC: Survival.

    Survive on Raft is a Survival Sandbox Simulator on the Raft in the middle of the ocean! Fight with shark, build base, craft, loot islands, farm and survive. Play solo or with friends.

    2019IndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chocolate Factory — Steam game cover

    Chocolate Factory

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure13.39 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Miniland Adventure — Steam game cover

    Miniland Adventure

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Rule of Land: Pioneers — Steam game cover

    The Rule of Land: Pioneers

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZIC: Survival.

    This is a survival game. After the coronation, human beings had to move into the underground. Fifty years later, some people thought the disaster was over and organized a survival competition on the surface. Some brave people took part in the competition . You are one of them.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KeepUp Survival — Steam game cover

    KeepUp Survival

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Survive the Fall — Steam game cover

    Survive the Fall

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Infected — Steam game cover

    The Infected

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starsand — Steam game cover

    Starsand

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with ZIC: Survival.

    Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.

    2022ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CyberCorp — Steam game cover

    CyberCorp

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    Brutal fast-paced isometric Co-op Loot Shooter in Cyberpunk world. Equipment-based combos. Exotic Weapons and Armor. Easy to start, hard to master. Play solo or with friends.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ZIC – Zombies in City — Steam game cover

    ZIC – Zombies in City

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    Control a team of 4 characters, switching between them to use their unique abilities. ZIC: Zombies In City is a first person zombie survival shooter.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DESERT KILL — Steam game cover

    DESERT KILL

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    DESERT KILL is a roguelite top-down shooter where you have to destroy evil forces in the most brutal way!

    2019ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lord of Undead — Steam game cover

    Lord of Undead

    Single-player alternative to ZIC: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZIC: Survival.

    Destroy the castle on the hill in this grim RPG where you play as the Dark Lord. Collect souls, summon an undead army, master dark abilities, craft powerful gear, build your base, and desecrate the lands of a vast open world.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →