Single-player games like Isolation Story
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Isolation Story, 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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Project Of Cooling The Earth
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.
Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.
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Age Of GoldFarmers
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.
Age of Gold Farmers is a black comedy sim about a NEET youth surviving on in-game currency. After failing at life, he discovers "gold farming." Grind for items, track market prices, and grow your channel—all while dodging your parents' glares and managing your health.
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The Shepherd: Black Sheep
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.
Delve into The Shepherd: Black sheep for a cozy, alpine Adventure. Play as Matthias and his fluffy friend Rocky and meet the citizens of Hochboden. Train your animals, keep them safe from danger, become a master shepherd and explore the alps! Will you be able to fulfill your family's destiny?
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你农哦农-Need Know What Know
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Isolation Story.
搞怪沙雕的新农村建设游戏！"你家里是农村的，给不了我想要的生活！分手吧！"失恋的你，拖着疲惫的身躯，从大城市回到了老家农村，乡亲们仍旧如你小时候一样勤劳朴实，带领乡亲们一起建设新农村吧！
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A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.
A satirical life-sim about surviving a biology PhD — run experiments, dodge scooping, manage your advisor, and try to graduate with your sanity (mostly) intact.
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The Spirit Apprentice
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.
Restore a forgotten village, befriend magical spirits, and uncover the mysteries of a world slowly being overrun by dark magic. As a Spirit Apprentice nearing the end of your studies, you’ll restore a mystical village, form friendships, and perhaps even find romance in this cozy fantasy RPG.
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Slime Vendor
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.
Feed them, clean them, pet them, learn which one hates the cold. Raise every slime to its best condition — then crate it up on delivery day. You're the city's slime vendor. That's the job.
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Luminons: Seeds of Starlight
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.
A cozy HD-2D monster-taming RPG where farming your crops powers up creatures for arena battles and beauty contests.
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After The End: The Harvest
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.
The goal is simple, the game is hard, reach the centre. After The End: The Harvest is an immersive retro open-universe space adventure and exploration ARPG. Seamlessly travel across space, catch/train & evolve monsters, take on quests and fight Titans!
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Mutiny Island
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.
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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Route Me Mail and Delivery Co
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Isolation Story.
Memorize your routes, deliver mail, collect hidden mail & pay off that pesky debt! Become the ultimate postman.
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Pilgrim: Descent Protocol
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Isolation Story.
As the last Pilgrim, explore Dwarvuk's wastes, scavenge ruins in a blend of non-linear discovery and post-apocalyptic survival set in space. Silence the AI's signal!
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CielChan: Anime Desktop AI Companion
Single-player alternative to Isolation Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Isolation Story.
She lives on your desktop and reacts to what you're doing. Local-first AI companion with voice chat, vision, multiplayer, tools, stream integrations, and optional cloud providers.