Single-player games like Descended
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Descended, 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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Under a Rock
Single-player alternative to Descended — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descended.
A procedural open-world survival craft game for 1-10 players. Explore a primitive but dangerous place with a different evolutionary path; here, wildlife is oversized, Neanderthals still exist, and curses are real.
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Pixel Divers
Single-player alternative to Descended — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Descended.
The surface was never the whole story. Something ancient calls from the floor of an alien sea. Dive with your crew through seven ever-darker layers: mine, craft, build bases, crew subs, and guard your air and sanity as the ocean turns hostile. It has been expecting you.
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IfSunSets
Single-player alternative to Descended — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descended.
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
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Debris
Single-player alternative to Descended — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descended.
An atmospheric first-person narrative adventure set in a surreal seascape locked between ice and rock. Following an incident, you and a friend must find power, defeat strange and deadly creatures, and decipher what mysterious forces are attempting to prevent your escape. Escape together or die alone.
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Stationeers
Single-player alternative to Descended — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descended.
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
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Aground Zero
Single-player alternative to Descended — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descended.
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
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Voyagers of Nera
Single-player alternative to Descended — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descended.
Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative survival-crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world brimming with lost spirits and deadly monsters. Sail to distant islands, build beautiful villages and surf across the waves with up to 10 players.
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OUTBRK
Single-player alternative to Descended — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Descended.
Storm Chasing Simulator