Single-player games like Don't Starve
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Don't Starve, 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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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
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UnReal World
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Starve.
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
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Wrongworld
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?
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Breathedge
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
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.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Starbound
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Starve.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Portal Knights
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Don't Starve.
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
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!
- 13
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Don't Starve.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
- 14
Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Starve.
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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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
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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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Starve.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Griftlands
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Starve.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
- 19
Rotwood
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Don't Starve.
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
- 20
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Starve.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.
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Hot Lava
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Starve.
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
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Invisible, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Don't Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Starve.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.