Single-player games like Dragonfall
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dragonfall, 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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Lesion
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dragonfall.
Explore, scavenge, build, drive, and survive together in a high-fidelity open-world zombie sandbox. Hunt down biological Lesions and reclaim the world from the infected.
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Frostrail
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dragonfall.
Through the frost, death follows the tracks. Dive into a ruthless survival FPS, solo or co-op. Explore, scavenge, craft and fight to endure a frozen, corrupted world. Operate and upgrade your steam-powered train through an unforgiving wasteland, where every choice is a matter of survival.
- 3

CastleMiner Z
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dragonfall.
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dragonfall.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Nested Lands
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dragonfall.
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
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Ars Notoria
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dragonfall.
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
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StarRupture
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dragonfall.
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dragonfall.
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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Clawed
Single-player alternative to Dragonfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dragonfall.
Embark on a covert mission to the dinosaur theme park Prehistoria, where you must explore the park's grounds to scavenge resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way through diverse biomes, underground tunnels and deadly enclosures. But beware, you are not the apex predator here.