Single-player games like Miasmata
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Miasmata, 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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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
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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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
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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Don't Starve
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
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Green Hell
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Miasmata.
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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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Miasmata.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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Betrayer
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miasmata.
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Miasmata.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Nightingale
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Miasmata.
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
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Obulis
Single-player alternative to Miasmata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Miasmata.
Obulis can literally be learned in seconds, but the puzzles will keep you thinking for hours.