Single-player games like Aground Zero
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Aground Zero, 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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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Cutthroat Cove
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Aground Zero.
Welcome to Cutthroat Cove. Get ready to pillage and plunder, or be prepared to walk the plank. In this open world pirate thriller you can craft, engage in combat with the nasty locals, and follow clues to unlock the secrets of the Old World.
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Aground
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
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Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
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AI Olympius
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
Join the rebels in a third-person shooter with RPG elements and base-building mode. Fight against various combat drone models under the control of the supreme AI.
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Orebound
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
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ARK: Survival Ascended
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
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Drake Hollow
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
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Deity Quest
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
Deity Quest is a light-hearted RPG where your goal is to convert followers and gain power to become the Overgod of Aberos. Use your divine magic to support your followers in fast-paced, strategic 6 vs. 6 battles, and compete with other deities in your quest to reach the top!
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I Can't Escape: Darkness
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon. Plunge into the depths and scrape together whatever tools you can find, then try to escape one of the most diabolical puzzles of all time!
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ADventure Lib
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
The shuffle button has been hit. All the objects and characters have been mixed up! Randomness threatens to overrun the kingdom, and nothing is what it appears to be! It is up to you to defeat the fire-breathing [kitten], save your beloved [toilet], and find the [potato] of legend!
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＜/reality＞
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
When a withdrawn virtual reality nerd has the opportunity to beta test a neural device that feels more “real” than reality itself, everything she assumed about the nature of existence is thrown into question.
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Stardander School for Witches
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
Welcome to Stardander School for Witches! Embrace your magical side by learning spells, solving mysteries, making friends and battling (or befriending) Fae creatures in a turn-based battle system. Do you have what it takes to pass your classes in a world besieged by a malicious enemy?
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Witherspring Wilds
Single-player alternative to Aground Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground Zero.
Reincarnate into a new open world full of danger and opportunity. Start from nothing and build a village as you advance science and magic. Farm, fight, craft, explore, tame creatures - how will you shape the Wilds?