Single-player games like Stranded
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Stranded, 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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Cosmorists
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stranded.
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
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Mutiny Island
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stranded.
Live like a pirate. Die like a pirate. Repeat! Mutiny Island is an open-world style pirate-themed game with light survival and RPG mechanics. Explore the Arbor Ocean at your own pace as you devise a plan to reclaim your ship, The Red Dawn, by any means!
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Doomed Lands
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded.
A diabolical demon dooms a teeming island to destruction. Five legendary lieutenants and their minions descend every seven days…but that allows ample time to prepare. Survive, craft, train, and gear up to defend the island!
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Galactic Mining Corp
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stranded.
Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.
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Remains
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stranded.
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
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Miniland Adventure
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stranded.
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
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Space Trash Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stranded.
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
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Cannibal Crossing
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stranded.
Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!
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Work Adventure
Single-player alternative to Stranded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Stranded.
A calm and relaxing construction, creature collection, and RPG elements game that stays at the bottom of your screen. Perfect for those who want to play while using the computer for other tasks!