Single-player games like Cannibal Crossing
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Cannibal Crossing, 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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Crashlands
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cannibal Crossing.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
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Star Shelter
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cannibal Crossing.
Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cannibal Crossing.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Forever Skies
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cannibal Crossing.
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Cannibal Crossing.
“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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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cannibal Crossing.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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KeepUp Survival
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cannibal Crossing.
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
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Voidtrain
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cannibal Crossing.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Cannibal Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cannibal Crossing.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..