Single-player games like Start Over
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Start Over, 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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Planetaries
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Start Over.
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
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The Front
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Start Over.
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
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Journey Of Life
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Start Over.
You have experienced the sudden loss of your wealth, which has compelled you to abandon your previous life and begin anew. By venturing into the game world, you can construct settlements and forge alliances with other players, ensuring that you will always have exciting challenges to undertake.
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No One Survived
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Start Over.
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
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TerraTech Worlds
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Start Over.
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
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ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Start Over.
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
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Eden Crafters
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Start Over.
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Start Over.
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
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The Infected
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Start Over.
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Start Over.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Entities
Single-player alternative to Start Over — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Start Over.
Dive into horror in Entities. Solo or up to 4-player matches offer dynamic puzzles, relentless entities, and extraction shooter mechanics. Investigate, unlock paths, and survive in dangerous zones as a private operator. Master skill and terror. Are you ready to confront the unknown?