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Single-player games like Loya

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Loya, 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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    Vtopia — Steam game cover

    Vtopia

    Single-player alternative to Loya — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loya.

    Multiplayer co-op, sandbox, survival crafting and building, monster fighting, farming, socializing, mining, fishing, creation, gacha machines, card games — welcome to the VTOPIA.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starting Life In Another World Naked — Steam game cover

    Starting Life In Another World Naked

    Single-player alternative to Loya — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Loya.

    You will venture into a world much like ours before you are "taken" to another world, a fantasy world. You are the hero of this new world, but sadly you start off with nothing. You must survive and build your way to defeating the Demon King; that's why you were summoned in the first place.

    2022AdventureMassively MultiplayerRPG7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PlanetSmith — Steam game cover

    PlanetSmith

    Single-player alternative to Loya — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loya.

    A sandbox survival RPG set on fully spherical hex worlds. Crash-land on an uncharted planet, craft and build to survive, uncover what infected the solar system, then build a ship and fly seamlessly to other planets. No loading screens. No edges.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fragment Sky — Steam game cover

    Fragment Sky

    Single-player alternative to Loya — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Loya.

    Build, upgrade and expand your own custom sky-ship as you explore the fragments of a lost world in the sky. Alone or with friends, you can explore different flying islands, trade with the locals, hunt wildlife, stage epic sky-battles and much more.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Necesse — Steam game cover

    Necesse

    Single-player alternative to Loya — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Loya.

    Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plains of Pain — Steam game cover

    Plains of Pain

    Single-player alternative to Loya — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Loya.

    Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ARK: Survival Ascended — Steam game cover

    ARK: Survival Ascended

    Single-player alternative to Loya — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Loya.

    ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark and Light — Steam game cover

    Dark and Light

    Single-player alternative to Loya — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Loya.

    Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.

    2017ActionAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →