Single-player games like Arctic Anxiety
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Arctic Anxiety, 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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Sailing alone:Aftermath
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Arctic Anxiety.
You are just an ordinary person, with only a small boat serving as your home, struggling to find a way to survive in the ruthless ocean of the post-apocalyptic world.
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Mutiny Island
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
Live like a pirate. Die like a pirate. Repeat! Mutiny Island is an open-world style pirate-themed game with light survival and RPG mechanics. Explore the Arbor Ocean at your own pace as you devise a plan to reclaim your ship, The Red Dawn, by any means!
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Critter Cove
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Arctic Anxiety.
A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
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Badiya: Desert Survival
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.
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Ylands
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Arctic Anxiety.
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
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CryoFall
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
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DeadPoly
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
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Escape The Pacific
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!
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Stranded Deep
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arctic Anxiety.
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
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Subsistence
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Arctic Anxiety.
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).