Single-player games like Project: Mist
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Project: Mist, 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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Dandelion Void
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
Survive the jungle-choked halls of a derelict arkship adrift between the stars. Establish a refuge and forage resources from the skeletal remains of your ancestors. Explore solo or with your friends. Fashion what weapons you can, for the jungle is alive and hostile…
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Forsaken Lands
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
A hardcore survival sandbox where 99% of humanity is gone. Scavenge, build, craft, drive, and endure brutal weather, storm hordes, and the infected. Alone or with friends, every day is borrowed time, one bite is all it takes.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project: Mist.
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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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
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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Ars Notoria
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project: Mist.
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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PolyZ
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
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Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
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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MISERY
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
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No Place Like Home
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project: Mist.
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
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Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
Fresh Start is a relaxing single player game, in which you embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore nature to its fresh and colorful shape. Watch as the world changes in front of your eyes as you help animals, solve puzzles and grow plants around you.
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Pan'orama
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project: Mist.
Relax and unleash your creativity in this new city building puzzle game. Create amazing landscapes and discover wide range of structures with special abilities. Enter the world of beauty and tranquility with the panoramas of your own creation and don't forget to pet your new animal friends!
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Captain Pawsome
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
Set sail with Captain Pawsome on the relaxing 2D fishing adventure! Craft, upgrade, customize, and conquer the high seas. Clean the environment, catch unique fish, and unleash your inner adventurer. Dive in now and make a splash!
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Pan'orama: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project: Mist.
Pan'orama is a relaxing and soothing puzzle simulation game in which you create amazing landscapes using different types of tiles, but most of all by discovering the connections between them and finding unique combinations.
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Archi Vista
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
Dig, wash, and uncover the lost artifacts in Archi Vista, a relaxing first-person excavation game. Break through layers of earth, clean forgotten ruins, find hidden treasures, and restore extraordinary places one satisfying discovery at a time.
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Project Lightbringer
Single-player alternative to Project: Mist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project: Mist.
Project Lightbringer is an exploration-focused bullet heaven where light is your only safe ground. Fight endless hordes, collect powerful upgrades, activate lanterns to expand your territory, and venture deeper into the mist to hunt massive creatures.