Single-player games like Arctic Anxiety
Below are 9 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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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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Winter Survival
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
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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).
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Bermuda - Lost Survival
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
Survivors, Adventurers, Explorers! Prepare for the journey of your life and experience one of the world’s most mysterious regions! The Bermuda Triangle is notorious for the vanishing of countless ships and airplanes. Will you survive long enough to reveal its secret?
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Hold Your Own
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
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Mist Survival
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
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Retreat To Enen
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
Base building simulator 1500 years in the future. Journey to the Island of Enen to forage, craft, build, hunt, meditate, and explore across three vast biomes. Discover secrets and create the retreat of your dreams. With over 160 unique items to gather, craft, and build, every home will be unique.
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The Infected
Single-player alternative to Arctic Anxiety — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic Anxiety.
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
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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.