Single-player games like Stressed Out
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Stressed Out, 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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Crumbling City
Single-player alternative to Stressed Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stressed Out.
Become a giant dinosaur and flatten entire cities before the City Defenders can stop you! Crumbling City is chaos and fun in a physics based destructible world. Rampage across cities as a colossal dinosaur and leave nothing standing! Nature’s revenge has never been this fun!
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Modbox
Single-player alternative to Stressed Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stressed Out.
Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR
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Derail Valley
Single-player alternative to Stressed Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stressed Out.
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
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Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator
Single-player alternative to Stressed Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stressed Out.
Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator lets you explore the world of flying in a quality never seen before. Fly a large selection of highly detailed aircraft or a helicopter with interactive 3D cockpits. Aerofly FS 2 currently features over 200 airports in the south western USA and global elevation and satellite imagery.
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CarX Drift Racing Online
Single-player alternative to Stressed Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Stressed Out.
CarX Drift Racing Online is your chance to immerse yourself in the real world of drifting. Get together with friends, tune your car and burn some tires!
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FlyInside Flight Simulator
Single-player alternative to Stressed Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stressed Out.
FlyInside Flight Simulator is a brand new flight simulator built for VR! It ships with ten beautiful aircraft and scenery covering the entire continental United States. Fly high-speed jets, hover helicopters, and enjoy general aviation aircraft around a variety of locations and weather types!
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X-Plane 11
Single-player alternative to Stressed Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Stressed Out.
The future of flight simulation is now! X-Plane 11 is the detailed, realistic, and modern simulator you’ve been waiting for. Intuitive user interface, 3-D cockpits, new effects, 3-D sound, living airports and world-wide scenery.
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Voxel Project VR
Single-player alternative to Stressed Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stressed Out.
Voxel Project offers an immersive sandbox experience set in a fully destructible voxel environment. Explore a dynamic world teeming with vehicles, dynamic fire mechanics, enemy NPCs, voxel gore, weapon customization, and a bunch of additional features to discover.