Single-player games like SCP
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to SCP, 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 SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP.
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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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SCP.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with SCP.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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MISERY
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
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PolyZ
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP.
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SCP.
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!
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SCP.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Backroom
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SCP.
Embark on a gripping journey in Backroom, a unique blend of backrooms and rogelike-deckbuilding genres. Spin the slot machine in eerie labyrinths, select from diverse symbols, craft your deck, and strive to escape the enigmatic backrooms!
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Truck
Single-player alternative to SCP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP.
Survive endless hordes of zombies by driving over them and upgrading your truck with weapons. The only way out is to keep driving. Survive 30 minutes in each of the five maps, collect coins and unlock new trucks!