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Single-player games like The Stormy Islands

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Stormy Islands, 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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    Escape The Pacific — Steam game cover

    Escape The Pacific

    Single-player alternative to The Stormy Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Stormy Islands.

    Raw, real survival in the Pacific. Build a modular floating base. Master realistic sailing mechanics. Face challenging Pacific-like weather & seasons. Hunt, craft, build & navigate using Sun Dial, Sextant & Triangulation. Explore an endless island cluster-based world. Simulate real life scenarios!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Survival: Fountain of Youth — Steam game cover

    Survival: Fountain of Youth

    Single-player alternative to The Stormy Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Stormy Islands.

    Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure27.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Satisfactory — Steam game cover

    Satisfactory

    Single-player alternative to The Stormy Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Stormy Islands.

    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!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Forest — Steam game cover

    The Forest

    Single-player alternative to The Stormy Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Stormy Islands.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Under A New Sun — Steam game cover

    Under A New Sun

    Single-player alternative to The Stormy Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Stormy Islands.

    While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CrossWorlds: Escape — Steam game cover

    CrossWorlds: Escape

    Single-player alternative to The Stormy Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Stormy Islands.

    CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Infected — Steam game cover

    The Infected

    Single-player alternative to The Stormy Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Stormy Islands.

    The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stranded Deep — Steam game cover

    Stranded Deep

    Single-player alternative to The Stormy Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Stormy Islands.

    Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →