Single-player games like Craftopia
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Craftopia, 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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Palworld
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Craftopia.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
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Night of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Craftopia.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
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Nightingale
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Craftopia.
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
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Necesse
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Craftopia.
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Craftopia.
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
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Enshrouded
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Craftopia.
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Craftopia.
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Craftopia.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Craftopia.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Paragon: The Overprime
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Craftopia.
Paragon: The Overprime is a free team-based TPS Action MOBA. Choose one of the many powerful heroes with unique skills and work with your teammates to conquer the Prime battlefield. Speed across the battlefield with the heroes of Prime and feel the thrill of the action.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Craftopia.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Craftopia.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Breath of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Craftopia.
You will experience the journey of the Kaiak, a native who was chosen by Mother Nature to fight an evil entity that wants to destroy the forest and animals. Get ready to use the magic bow of Tupã and control the four natural elements.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Craftopia.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Overdungeon
Single-player alternative to Craftopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Craftopia.
A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!