Single-player games like The Hermit Chronicles
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Hermit Chronicles, 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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Frost Survival VR
Single-player alternative to The Hermit Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hermit Chronicles.
Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!
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Missing Plane: Survival
Single-player alternative to The Hermit Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Hermit Chronicles.
You survived a plane crash, and now you will need to find a way to be rescued, for that you will be building an SOS signal and wait for a rescue. In the meantime you will need to eat, drink and build stuff to stay alive
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Where's the Boat
Single-player alternative to The Hermit Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hermit Chronicles.
Where's the Boat is a sandbox open world survival crafting game set on an archipelago of deserted islands. Gather resources, craft tools, tend to your needs and travel from island to island in search for a way back to civilization.
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Green Hell VR
Single-player alternative to The Hermit Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hermit Chronicles.
Green Hell VR is an Open World Survival game set in the Amazon rainforest, based on the successful PC title Green Hell. You are left alone in the jungle with no food or equipment. To survive, you must learn real-life survival techniques, and crafting weapons can be a matter of life and death
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The Carrier and Crows
Single-player alternative to The Hermit Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Crows have downed your plane and you are trapped at the far end of a remote peninsula in northern British Columbia. You must craft the necessary tools to contend with the local eccentrics and find your way back to civilization.
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Black Skies
Single-player alternative to The Hermit Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Hermit Chronicles.
Black Skies is a grounded survival simulation where an EMP disables modern infrastructure, forcing you to navigate a cold mountain terrain, manage realistic survival systems, scavenge supplies, build fires, trap wildlife, craft and cook what you need, and make hard decisions to stay alive.
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The Risen Survival
Single-player alternative to The Hermit Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hermit Chronicles.
A multiplayer open-world survival game featuring intense PvP, base building, crafting, raiding, and relentless zombies. Gather resources, expand your base, fight for valuable loot, and compete with other players in a persistent online world
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to The Hermit Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hermit Chronicles.
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.