Single-player games like Underlings
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Underlings, 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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Wonderia
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Underlings.
Wonderia's an open-world, manga-art adventure just waiting to be explored. It's got sci-fi sim elements, deep dungeons, and you can even morph into alien form! Grab up to 7 friends to mine, craft, battle, and level—or farm and fish the day away, if that's more your tempo. There's so much to do!
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Survive on Raft
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Underlings.
Survive on Raft is a Survival Sandbox Simulator on the Raft in the middle of the ocean! Fight with shark, build base, craft, loot islands, farm and survive. Play solo or with friends.
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underlings.
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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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underlings.
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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Night of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underlings.
'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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KeepUp Survival
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underlings.
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 Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underlings.
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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Pathless Woods
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underlings.
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
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Necesse
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underlings.
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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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Underlings.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underlings.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Keplerth
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underlings.
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
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Forager
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underlings.
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
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Cannibal Crossing
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underlings.
Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!
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Don't Starve
Single-player alternative to Underlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underlings.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.