Single-player games like Remains
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Remains, 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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Space Trash Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Remains.
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
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Breathedge
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Remains.
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Remains.
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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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Remains.
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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Life Not Supported
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Remains.
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
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Rem Survival
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Remains.
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
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Raft
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Remains.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
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Dig or Die
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Remains.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
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Star Shelter
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Remains.
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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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Remains.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
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Operation Sniff
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Remains.
Operation Sniff game for one or two players. In a single player game you have to play for a dog and complete all the tasks assigned to you. In the mode of confrontation, players have to choose the role of a person or a dog, and fight among themselves, destroying each other or completing all tasks.
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Stacked!
Single-player alternative to Remains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Remains.
A pleasant evening to relax - but not here. Get dressed, fix your hair, and strike a winning pose. Try building a tower out of your small figurines alone, or gather up to 4 players. A lucky figurine can lead to victory - or defeat.