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Single-player games like FarSky

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to FarSky, 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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    Stranded Deep — Steam game cover

    Stranded Deep

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Subnautica — Steam game cover

    Subnautica

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

    2018IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Forest — Steam game cover

    The Forest

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Satisfactory — Steam game cover

    Satisfactory

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    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!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Long Dark — Steam game cover

    The Long Dark

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Starve — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

    2013IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crashlands — Steam game cover

    Crashlands

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Planet Explorers — Steam game cover

    Planet Explorers

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series — Steam game cover

    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with FarSky.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft Legends — Steam game cover

    Minecraft Legends

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!

    2023ActionStrategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Free Ones — Steam game cover

    The Free Ones

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with FarSky.

    Follow Theo's dizzying adventure in first-person platformer "The Free Ones". Soar through the air with your grapple, blaze a trail through the canyons and take part in an extraordinary story.

    2018AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sky Break — Steam game cover

    Sky Break

    Single-player alternative to FarSky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FarSky.

    Sky Break is an open-world game on a stormy abandoned planet filled with wild mechas. Learn to master this world and to hack the mechas if you want a chance to survive.

    2016ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →