Single-player games like The Forest
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Forest, 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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Sons Of The Forest
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Green Hell
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forest.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Raft
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
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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Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
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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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Forest.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forest.
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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Going Medieval
Single-player alternative to The Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Forest.
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.