Single-player games like Cultivation Tales
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Cultivation Tales, 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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The Front
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cultivation Tales.
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
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Conan Exiles
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cultivation Tales.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
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Night of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cultivation Tales.
'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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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cultivation Tales.
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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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cultivation Tales.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cultivation Tales.
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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Myth of Empires
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
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Craftopia
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cultivation Tales.
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
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Medieval Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cultivation Tales.
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
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Sengoku Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Cultivation Tales.
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
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Where Winds Meet
Single-player alternative to Cultivation Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Cultivation Tales.
Step into an open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Uncover the secrets of your own identity as you rise from a humble village wanderer to the sword master of the imperial capital. Learn martial arts and build your reputation as a hero or a bringer of chaos in this free wuxia world.