Single-player games like Mayday: The Survival Island
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mayday: The Survival Island, 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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KYORA
Single-player alternative to Mayday: The Survival Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayday: The Survival Island.
Delve into KYORA, a mystical multiplayer sandbox adventure, where every pixel is yours to shape, mine, build or explode.
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Windpunk
Single-player alternative to Mayday: The Survival Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayday: The Survival Island.
A cozy survival craft adventure. Build a walking fortress to survive the winds of a fallen world. ♻️ Recycle ⛏️ Refine, 🔧 Rebuild, and ⛺ survive the shifting biomes. Ride the wind, heal the land, and recruit quirky survivors to help rebuild the future. (Previosly known as Wasteland Waste Disposal)
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Bugs & Birdies
Single-player alternative to Mayday: The Survival Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayday: The Survival Island.
Gather, craft, farm, fight! Wash up on a pixel archipelago, build a farmstead and raise an army of hens, trade with frogs – then hold the line at night against beetle swarms, brave the dungeons and face the Beetle King.
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Drill Space
Single-player alternative to Mayday: The Survival Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayday: The Survival Island.
Burrow through alien worlds and mine for hidden treasures. As your foothold spreads across the vastness of space, dark forces hunt you down. How will you carve out your legacy among the stars?
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Elysium
Single-player alternative to Mayday: The Survival Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayday: The Survival Island.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Mayday: The Survival Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayday: The Survival Island.
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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Island Beekeeper
Single-player alternative to Mayday: The Survival Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayday: The Survival Island.
Build your apiary on islands above the clouds, travel on your medocycle, crossbreed bees with unique traits and create a cozy home in the sky. Grow plants, explore islands and send healing honey down to Earth, where people still hope for your help.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Mayday: The Survival Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mayday: The Survival Island.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!