Single-player games like The Jungle
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Jungle, 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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The Forest
Single-player alternative to The Jungle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Jungle.
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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Green Hell
Single-player alternative to The Jungle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Jungle.
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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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to The Jungle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Jungle.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to The Jungle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Jungle.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to The Jungle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Jungle.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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ARK: Survival Evolved
Single-player alternative to The Jungle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Jungle.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to The Jungle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Jungle.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to The Jungle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Jungle.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.