Single-player games like The Drylands
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Drylands, 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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METAL MAX Xeno Reborn
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Drylands.
Metal Max Xeno Reborn is an action JRPG with real-time battle and vehicle combat elements. Join Talis, a lone hunter, and search for allies in a vengeance-charged war against monsters & robotic enemies. Learn new skills and collect and customize tanks as you journey through a devastated world.
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The Underground King
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.
The Underground King is a RACING ROGUE-LITE set on a mysterious island where racing is the bread-and-butter of life. Lead your carefully handcrafted teams in chaotic racing events for glory and fortune. Drive, Defeat, Loot, Repeat!
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Wizard 64
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.
Destroy incoming enemies as a flying wizard. Collect points to grow stronger. Unlock new weapons and abilities, and use different builds to defeat endless monster hordes.
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Nocturnal Throne
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.
Time is difficulty. The longer you play, the harder it gets. Collect 100s of items to secure your build and obliterate anything that crosses your path in Nocturnal Throne. There are no limits in this rogue-lite.
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Krater
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.
The game brings you far into the future of a post-apocalyptic Sweden.
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Mad Max
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Drylands.
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
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Endgame: Road To Salvation
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.
A high-octane road trip through a besieged world during a demon-infested zombie apocalypse. Rescue survivors, form a caravan, call in various support drops or air strikes, loot random structures for supplies or craft them yourself, modify common vehicles into post-apocalyptic machines of war.
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FUMES
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.
Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!
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Ideal Nightmare
Single-player alternative to The Drylands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.
The dreams of the worshippers of an indescribable evil have been fulfilled, cloaked by the shadows survive the nightmare. Customize your arsenal to hunt the dark forces of hell sending them back from where they came from in a body bag.