Single-player games like Junk Survivor
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Junk Survivor, 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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Plains of Pain
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
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DREADZONE
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
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Survive the Nights
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Junk Survivor.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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Jaws Of Extinction™
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.
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Zombie Survival Game Online
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
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No One Survived
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Junk Survivor.
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
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Road to Eden
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
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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SurrounDead
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
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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Enshrouded
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
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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Athos
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
Welcome to a captivating journey into the world of Athos. Build a formidable base to protect yourself from the wild and unpredictable environment, and master the art of taming mighty dinosaurs to be your loyal companions. Welcome to a world where survival is not just a choice but a way of life!
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Frontier Legends
Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.
“Live your Wild West fantasy in Frontier Legends, an open-world frontier adventure where survival, crafting and exploration shape your story. Stake your claim, build your place in the West and uncover what lies beyond the rails.”