Single-player games like NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, 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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Zector 7
Single-player alternative to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.
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Survive or Die
Single-player alternative to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
Survive Or Die is a first-person survival game. It takes place in an open world that is full of traps and mysteries. You are an outlaw who has escaped from death in prison. Can you escape all the manhunts? Can you survive the pitfalls the mysterious valley holds at night?
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
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..
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Single-player alternative to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
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Ars Notoria
Single-player alternative to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
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Urge
Single-player alternative to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
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PolyZ
Single-player alternative to NO MAN IS AN ISLAND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO MAN IS AN ISLAND.
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.