Single-player games like The Gold River Project
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Gold River Project, 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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beta decay
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
beta decay is a dark, dystopian RPG where you can build spaceships, join factions, and fight for territory in a newly discovered star system. Become an engineer repairing starships, a mech pilot commanding war machines, to a syndicate leader, executing raids deep within a labyrinthic neon city.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
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.
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Magisterium: Fantasy Craft
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
A grinding medieval fantasy life sim with a detailed complex crafting system complemented by survival and RPG elements. Grind resources, craft items, trade with locals, master professions, fulfill quests and explore the world to uncover its long-lost secrets.
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Green Hell
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
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Under A New Sun
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
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Rem Survival
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Sons Of The Forest
Single-player alternative to The Gold River Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gold River Project.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.