Single-player games like Surviving the Abyss
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Surviving the Abyss, 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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Aquatico
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surviving the Abyss.
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
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Surviving the Aftermath
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surviving the Abyss.
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
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Worshippers of Cthulhu
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surviving the Abyss.
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
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Endzone - A World Apart
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Surviving the Abyss.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
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Endzone 2
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surviving the Abyss.
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
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Infection Free Zone
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Surviving the Abyss.
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
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IXION
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Surviving the Abyss.
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
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Frostpunk
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surviving the Abyss.
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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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Surviving the Abyss.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surviving the Abyss.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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Dynasty of the Sands
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Surviving the Abyss.
Be the architect of your own Egyptian empire in this meditative survival city builder, where every decision, no matter how small, has lasting consequences. Survive alongside your people, expand your influence across the Nile and create a grand Dynasty to rival the gods themselves. Paradise awaits.