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Single-player games like Junk Survivor

Below are 12 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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    Broken World — Steam game cover

    Broken World

    Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Junk Survivor.

    "Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zombie Survival Game Online — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plains of Pain — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    7 Days to Die — Steam game cover

    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!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ARK: Survival Ascended — Steam game cover

    ARK: Survival Ascended

    Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Colony Survival — Steam game cover

    Colony Survival

    Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie24.95 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night of the Dead — Steam game cover

    Night of the Dead

    Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.

    'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Starve Together — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve Together

    Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Valheim — Steam game cover

    Valheim

    Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.

    A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SurrounDead — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enshrouded — Steam game cover

    Enshrouded

    Single-player alternative to Junk Survivor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Survivor.

    You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure23.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Athos — Steam game cover

    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!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →