Single-player games like Sunkenland
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Sunkenland, 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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Raft
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sunkenland.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sunkenland.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Stranded Deep
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sunkenland.
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
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Grounded
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sunkenland.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sunkenland.
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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Subsistence
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Sunkenland.
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sunkenland.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sunkenland.
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sunkenland.
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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Barotrauma
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sunkenland.
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
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Subnautica: Below Zero
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sunkenland.
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
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Under The Waves
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sunkenland.
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
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Conan Exiles
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sunkenland.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
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Enshrouded
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sunkenland.
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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Abiotic Factor
Single-player alternative to Sunkenland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sunkenland.
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.