Single-player games like Survival Machine
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Survival Machine, 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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Voidtrain
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survival Machine.
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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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Machine.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Machine.
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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ASKA
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Survival Machine.
A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!
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Eden Crafters
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Machine.
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
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Volcanoids
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survival Machine.
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Survival Machine.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Sunkenland
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survival Machine.
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Survival Machine.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
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Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Survival Machine.
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
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Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The classic Plants vs. Zombies returns in glorious HD! The original battle between Plants and Zombies is back — bigger, brighter, and crazier than ever before! Experience the game that started it all, now remastered with stunning HD graphics and packed with new secrets and content to uncover.