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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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    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 →
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    Scrap Mechanic — Steam game cover

    Scrap Mechanic

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

    Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →