Single-player games like Permafrost
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Permafrost, 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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Tinkerlands
Single-player alternative to Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Single-player alternative to Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.
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Nightingale
Single-player alternative to Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
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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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Permafrost.
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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Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
Single-player alternative to Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
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Voidtrain
Single-player alternative to Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
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Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Single-player alternative to Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
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.