Single-player games like Wilderdark
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Wilderdark, 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 Forest
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wilderdark.
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.
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wilderdark.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wilderdark.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Far Cry® 2
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wilderdark.
You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wilderdark.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Wilderdark.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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The Persistence
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wilderdark.
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
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Skin Deep
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wilderdark.
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
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Monstrum
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wilderdark.
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
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Attack of the Earthlings
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wilderdark.
Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.
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Bootleg Steamer
Single-player alternative to Wilderdark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wilderdark.
In this rogue-like game, you embark on your journey as a captain during the tumultuous American Prohibition. Overcome challenges like inclement weather, relentless Coast Guard pursuit, shrewd Mafia dealings, and your own financial pitfalls, all while ensuring your path to wealth remains unhindered.