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Single-player games like Wilderness: Survival

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Wilderness: Survival, 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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    ARK: Survival Ascended — Steam game cover

    ARK: Survival Ascended

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

    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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    friends world — Steam game cover

    friends world

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

    This is a voxel style sandbox game that focuses on survival. You can do anything inside and destroy any block. and cooperatively survive and fight with friends in a world. If you like playing Minecraft, this is a game you must not miss.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Modiverse — Steam game cover

    Modiverse

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

    An open multiplayer sandbox game; includes tools, props, levels, NPCs, character models, game-modes and much more! Make your own using our mod kit!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSingle-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 Wilderness: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Early Access with Wilderness: Survival.

    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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    Desperation — Steam game cover

    Desperation

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

    In Desperation, you are an elite soldier, tasked to survive in an unknown location. You will be facing many challenges, such as building shelter, finding food and water, fighting off zombies, killer robots and even other soldiers. Will you stay solo, or will you group up? How will you survive?

    2021ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creative Continents — Steam game cover

    Creative Continents

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

    Creative Continents: A sandbox world-builder where you wield the tools of game devs. Carve, construct, and explore your creations with friends in a dynamic, player-shaped universe. Your adventure, your rules. "Mold the Worlds you play in."

    2023ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plains of Pain — Steam game cover

    Plains of Pain

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

    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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    Colony Survival — Steam game cover

    Colony Survival

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

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie24.95 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →