Single-player games like Aloft
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Aloft, 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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ASKA
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Aloft.
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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Forever Skies
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
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Voidtrain
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
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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Dinkum
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
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Conan Exiles
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Aloft.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
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Eden Crafters
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
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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StarRupture
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
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Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
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Raft
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
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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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Lost Skies
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Aloft.
Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.
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DREDGE
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Aloft.
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
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Grounded
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Aloft.
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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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Aloft.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Breath of the Gods
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Knowing the true potential of humanity, the True Gods are fighting to preserve humankind. The War will be settled by two Chosen Ones, both sons of Gods, brothers in blood, enemies in the battlefield.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Aloft.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Sacrifice Your Friends
Single-player alternative to Aloft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aloft.
Succumb to madness and come Sacrifice Your Friends! Dangerous arenas, eldritch weapons, lovecraftian creatures, and a lot of fun await you.