Single-player games like Ars Notoria
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Ars Notoria, 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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Ecliptica
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Ecliptica is a first-person open-world colony survival simulator with a fully dynamic economy. Set on a hostile alien planet, you'll found corporations, fight for resources, and build a sustainable future—or be wiped out by ruthless nature, politics, and competition.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Windrose
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
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Shamania
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
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.
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Nested Lands
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
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VEIN
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Ars Notoria.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
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Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
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Nightingale
Single-player alternative to Ars Notoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ars Notoria.
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.