Single-player games like Forty-Niner
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Forty-Niner, 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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Astromine
Single-player alternative to Forty-Niner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Forty-Niner.
Astromine is a survival mining game about scavenging fully destructible planets. Designed for 1 to 4 players. Land on planets and gather enough materials to fight off alien creatures, fight robot factions, build structures and spaceships, and conquer the solar system
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Red Rust Pioneers
Single-player alternative to Forty-Niner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forty-Niner.
Build a new life in the Wild West open world of Red Rust Valley, alone or with up to 4 players in co-op. Hunt, farm, raise animals and craft through the changing seasons in this survival game as your camp grows from a canvas tent to a homestead. Free land, open skies, and a world worth exploring.
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Vtopia
Single-player alternative to Forty-Niner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forty-Niner.
Multiplayer co-op, sandbox, survival crafting and building, monster fighting, farming, socializing, mining, fishing, creation, gacha machines, card games — welcome to the VTOPIA.
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Under The Rooftop
Single-player alternative to Forty-Niner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Forty-Niner.
Under the Rooftop is a co-op open-world survival craft horror game set in snow-covered Datura City. Scavenge and craft with NPC specialists, build rooftop bases, and face bosses that dominate major landmarks while enemies hunt by sight, sound, and smell.
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Dark Age Empires
Single-player alternative to Forty-Niner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Forty-Niner.
Dark Age Empires is an open world survival game that can be played in single player mode or as an online multiplayer game on a dedicated server.Do you have what it takes to not only survive in this dark age, but to rise up, fight back and create your own Dark Age Empire?
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Stormforge
Single-player alternative to Forty-Niner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forty-Niner.
Stormforge is an open-world survival crafting game for 1 to 8 players. You are Stormforged, with the ability to brave and harness power from magical storms. Explore, fight, forage, craft, build, and defeat bosses in this epic, fantasy game. Survive the Storms and thrive!
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Ashborn Empires
Single-player alternative to Forty-Niner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forty-Niner.
Command vast armies and manage a growing empire from a classic top-down RTS perspective, or take up arms as a Hero and lead the charge in third-person combat. Explore ancient ruins, recover lost technology, and shape the fate of a fallen world together.
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Ecliptica
Single-player alternative to Forty-Niner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forty-Niner.
Ecliptica is a first-person open-world colony survival simulator with a fully dynamic economy. Set on a hostile alien planet, you'll found corporations, fight for resources, and build a sustainable future—or be wiped out by ruthless nature, politics, and competition.