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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Palworld
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survival Machine.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
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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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Scrap Mechanic
Single-player alternative to Survival Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survival Machine.
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
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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.