Single-player games like Palworld
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Palworld, 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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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Palworld.
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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ARK: Survival Evolved
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Palworld.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Palworld.
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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Grounded
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Palworld.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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Raft
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Palworld.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Palworld.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Dig or Die
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Palworld.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
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ICARUS
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Palworld.
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Palworld.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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ELDEN RING
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Palworld.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
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Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Palworld.
The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Palworld.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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Kerbal Space Program 2
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palworld.
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
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Grounded 2
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Palworld.
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
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Enshrouded
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Palworld.
Enshrouded is a solo and co-op survival action RPG where your freedom and creativity come first. Conquer the Shroud, a corrupting fog devouring the kingdom of Embervale: explore a handcrafted world full of secrets, forge your hero your way, and build anything, anywhere in a fully terraformable land.
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Craftopia
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Palworld.
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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Overdungeon
Single-player alternative to Palworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Palworld.
A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!