Single-player games like Survive or Thrive
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Survive or Thrive, 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
- 1
The Confession
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
Ever wondered how much of a kinky pervert you are? Ever wanted to know what your fate entails for being such a kinky pervert? Answer a series of disgustingly hilarious, immoral questions to reveal ridiculous scenarios & unlock the answers you seek...
- 2
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
- 3
The Forest
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Survive or Thrive.
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.
- 4
Dying Light
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Survive or Thrive.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
- 5
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
- 6
Reigns
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
- 7
Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
- 8
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Survive or Thrive.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
- 9
The Test
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
- 10
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
- 11
The Test: Final Revelation
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
- 12
The Horrorscope
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
- 13
The Testing Chamber
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
- 14
The Test: Reality Check
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
- 15
The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain
Single-player alternative to Survive or Thrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survive or Thrive.
The Advisor Series is a player-driven narrative where your choices & decisions, both in the game, and out of the game, determine how future episodes unfold. Play the role of villain protagonist Magnus the Magician, as he wreaks havoc across the land, one well-placed fireball at a time!