Single-player games like >Connect
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to >Connect, 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
- 1
The Forest
Single-player alternative to >Connect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with >Connect.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
- 2
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Single-player alternative to >Connect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with >Connect.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
- 3
Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to >Connect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with >Connect.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
- 4
Arma 3
Single-player alternative to >Connect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with >Connect.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
- 5
Wreckfest
Single-player alternative to >Connect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with >Connect.
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
- 6
State of Decay
Single-player alternative to >Connect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with >Connect.
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.
- 7
Door Kickers
Single-player alternative to >Connect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with >Connect.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
- 8
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Single-player alternative to >Connect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with >Connect.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.