Single-player games like Breaking earth
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Breaking earth, 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 Thing That Happened
Single-player alternative to Breaking earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking earth.
Thing That Happened is an Openworld Third Person - Action Adventure Survial game. You can use multiple weapons, attachments, close combat skills tree's and crafting to break through your enemies.
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World: 23806
Single-player alternative to Breaking earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Breaking earth.
Enter a mysterious procedural world in this first-person action roguelite shooter. Fight enemies, search for loot, open chests, upgrade your character, and decide when to push deeper or return alive with your rewards.
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DEADPOINT
Single-player alternative to Breaking earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking earth.
"Deadpoint" is an engaging third-person survival game set in an apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. Players take on the role of a resourceful scavenger, tasked with navigating the dangerous landscape and ensuring their survival amid the hordes of undead.
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Attractor K7
Single-player alternative to Breaking earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking earth.
Solo & co-op PvE extraction shooter inside a grim Megastructure. Deep within these concrete walls, a terrifying anomaly has emerged: the Refracture. You are no hero here. You are just a disposable resource, a common liquidator.
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Time Loop Nibiru
Single-player alternative to Breaking earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking earth.
Your death is your greatest weapon. A sci-fi Metroidvania shooter where you are trapped in a time loop on the war-torn planet Nibiru. Explore a vast interconnected world, solve puzzles, and cooperate with the ghosts of your past lives to survive and escape.
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Apocalypse Survivor
Single-player alternative to Breaking earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking earth.
Days of Ruin is a third-person post-apocalyptic zombie shooter featuring procedurally generated equipment stats and infinitely replayable maps. Players can repeatedly farm maps to acquire better gear and prepare for greater challenges!
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The Ghost Of Solaris
Single-player alternative to Breaking earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Breaking earth.
When a legendary enforcer returns to a city transformed into a corporate prison, he must coordinate a high-stakes revolution to save his family and settle a debt written in blood. Experience a gritty story of betrayal and vengeance across the neon-drenched slums and silver towers of Solaris Bay.
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Dead No-Head
Single-player alternative to Breaking earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking earth.
Dead No-Head is a third person action adventure story rich game in which Norix is brought back from the dead, with... No head! This headless hero will have quite the unexpected journey ahead of him.