Single-player games like MISERY
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to MISERY, 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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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to MISERY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with MISERY.
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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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to MISERY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MISERY.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to MISERY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MISERY.
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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Abiotic Factor
Single-player alternative to MISERY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with MISERY.
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.
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Zombie Survival Game Online
Single-player alternative to MISERY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MISERY.
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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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to MISERY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MISERY.
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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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Single-player alternative to MISERY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with MISERY.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to MISERY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MISERY.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.