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Single-player games like Lost Scavenger

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lost Scavenger, 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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    NEO Scavenger — Steam game cover

    NEO Scavenger

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Scavenger.

    NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pawsecuted — Steam game cover

    Pawsecuted

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Lost Scavenger.

    A brutal, slightly absurd tactical survival RPG. Play a rabbit escaping a koala-run convict camp in a procedurally generated, post-human apocalyptic world. Battle emus and hire kangaroo mercenaries. Scavenge supplies, gather and trade materials, recruit followers and rebuild society.

    2023StrategyRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dust to the End — Steam game cover

    Dust to the End

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Scavenger.

    Nuclear war ended human civilization, but it could never uproot the evil within our hearts. Fight, trade, negotiate, raid– do whatever it takes to survive in the wasteland. You will have to be as clever as ruthless to thrive in a broken world, torn by war, cruelty, hunger and slavery.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lost King of Avallon — Steam game cover

    The Lost King of Avallon

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Scavenger.

    The Lost King of Avallon is a challenging turn-based rogue-lite RPG set in a medieval world. The open world will allow you to do what you want and be whoever you want: warrior, magician, elemental, demon, angel... Gather a team of heroes and find a clue to the strange story of the king of Avallon

    2021IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Of Cooling The Earth — Steam game cover

    Project Of Cooling The Earth

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Scavenger.

    Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plague Lords: Witch Hunt — Steam game cover

    Plague Lords: Witch Hunt

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Scavenger.

    What seemed like an easy coin leads a small detachment of mercenaries and their employer to a barony lost in the woods, afflicted by a strange disease. The prologue to Plague Lords will introduce you to the basics of the game and take control of a small squad of trained soldiers.

    2025StrategyIndieRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Caravaneer 2 — Steam game cover

    Caravaneer 2

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Scavenger.

    A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stellar Tactics — Steam game cover

    Stellar Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Scavenger.

    A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ostranauts — Steam game cover

    Ostranauts

    Single-player alternative to Lost Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lost Scavenger.

    Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

    2020IndieSimulationRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →