Single-player games like Forlorn
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Forlorn, 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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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Single-player alternative to Forlorn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Forlorn.
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
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Sons Of The Forest
Single-player alternative to Forlorn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forlorn.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
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Hauntsville
Single-player alternative to Forlorn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Forlorn.
You're a nameless traveler, stranded in a ghost town in the Cursed West. Use your wits, elbow grease, and the iron on your hip. Build a homestead, work the land, and survive against unspeakable monsters in this unique Western horror survival game - alone or with friends!
- 4
Chernobylite Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Forlorn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forlorn.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
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CardLife: Creative Survival
Single-player alternative to Forlorn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forlorn.
Hand draw any weapon, tool, building piece and your own character in this innovative science-fantasy creative survival game. Mine for resources, construct unique buildings and battle fantastical beasts with friends or play alone. Explore a world made entirely out of cardboard!
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Osiris: New Dawn
Single-player alternative to Forlorn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forlorn.
Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth.
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Forlorn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Forlorn.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Forlorn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forlorn.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.