Single-player games like Surviving the Abyss
Below are 9 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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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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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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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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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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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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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Surviving the Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Surviving the Abyss.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
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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.