Single-player games like Machine Mind
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Machine Mind, 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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Blossom: The Seed of Life
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Machine Mind.
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
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The Riftbreaker
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machine Mind.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
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TerraTech Worlds
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machine Mind.
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
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Monsters are Coming!
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machine Mind.
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
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CleanFall
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machine Mind.
CleanFall is a survival rogue-like that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean ecosystems crawling with nameless horrors.
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AETHUS
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Machine Mind.
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Machine Mind.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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Dig or Die
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machine Mind.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
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Vangers
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Machine Mind.
Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to figure out what’s the game is all about.
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Folk Hero
Single-player alternative to Machine Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Machine Mind.
Folk Hero is an action-slasher with rogue-lite elements set in the world of Slavic fantasy. Explore the ever-changing island, find treasures, combine weapons and artifacts to defeat mythical enemies. Challenge your skills! One life, one try.