Single-player games like Hiraeth
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hiraeth, 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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Dandelion Void
Single-player alternative to Hiraeth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hiraeth.
Explore jungle-choked corridors of a derelict ark, adrift between the stars. Construct shelters and loot powerful artifacts from the skeletal remains of your starfaring ancestors. But never let your guard down, because the jungle is alive and hostile…
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Dao's Cover
Single-player alternative to Hiraeth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hiraeth.
An unconventional post-apocalyptic survival sandbox game. Abandon endless combat and embrace a more authentic living experience in the apocalypse.
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Mortal Frame: Reforged in Survival
Single-player alternative to Hiraeth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hiraeth.
"Mortal Frame" is a sci-fi RPG combining open-world exploration and sandbox survival. The player explores a challenging world, gathers resources, crafts gear, captures AI companions, and upgrades modification chips to enhance their abilities, facing powerful foes and uncovering hidden mysteries.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Hiraeth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hiraeth.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Waste Walkers
Single-player alternative to Hiraeth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Hiraeth.
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.
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Fargone
Single-player alternative to Hiraeth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Hiraeth.
Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.
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Northern Lights
Single-player alternative to Hiraeth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hiraeth.
Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
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Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Single-player alternative to Hiraeth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Hiraeth.
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.