Single-player games like SAE
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SAE, 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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the ISLE survival
Single-player alternative to SAE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SAE.
The ISLE survival is a vast open world survival / crafting game. Loot resources, craft items, build camps and explore the environment. Protect yourself from hazards and wildlife. Find ways to survive in hostile living conditions.
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Alone
Single-player alternative to SAE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with SAE.
An open world survival crafting game based more on realism. Craft, hunt, farm, build, and more to come.
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Under A New Sun
Single-player alternative to SAE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SAE.
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!
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to SAE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SAE.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Road to Eden
Single-player alternative to SAE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SAE.
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
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ARK: Survival Ascended
Single-player alternative to SAE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SAE.
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
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Sunkenland
Single-player alternative to SAE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SAE.
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
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The Infected
Single-player alternative to SAE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SAE.
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.