Single-player games like Phantom Island
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Phantom Island, 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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Eden Island
Single-player alternative to Phantom Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Island.
Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.
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Ice World
Single-player alternative to Phantom Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Island.
A blizzard brought a long winter, Humanity on the brink of extinction. you had to face ferocious beasts, mine ice and snow to build a base, and survive in the cold apocalypse.
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Grandiose
Single-player alternative to Phantom Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Phantom Island.
Grandiose is a calming and creative base builder game full of botany, building and strategy. Land on the island that will become your domain in a universe soon to be borrowed from the ingenious and creative abilities of your mind.
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CryoFall
Single-player alternative to Phantom Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Island.
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to Phantom Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Island.
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
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DYSMANTLE
Single-player alternative to Phantom Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Island.
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
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Return from Core
Single-player alternative to Phantom Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Island.
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
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My Time at Portia
Single-player alternative to Phantom Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Phantom Island.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!