Single-player games like Survival Story
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Survival Story, 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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End of Everything
Single-player alternative to Survival Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Story.
Survive a first-person world overrun by the infected in End of Everything. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons and tools, build shelters, and explore a hostile wasteland filled with secrets and hidden quests. Play solo and adapt to survive.
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In the Van
Single-player alternative to Survival Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Survival Story.
A cozy post-apocalyptic survival game where your van is your home, your shelter, and your key to survival. Scavenge, craft, and uncover the stories the dead left behind.
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The Azmodeus Project
Single-player alternative to Survival Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Story.
Venture to the Azmodeus Island and try to survive in a post apocalyptic world riddled with zombies and other dangers.
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Necrocyte
Single-player alternative to Survival Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Story.
Necrocyte is a stylized open-world zombie survival game. In a world overrun by the Zombies, survival is your only goal. Explore, fight, and endure as you face relentless horrors in a brutal, unforgiving landscape. The infected are everywhere — they will hunt you down without mercy.
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Mortal Frame: Reforged in Survival
Single-player alternative to Survival Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Story.
"Mortal Frame" is a sci-fi RPG combining open-world exploration and sandbox survival. The player explores a challenging world, gathers resources, crafts gear, captures AI companions, and upgrades modification chips to enhance their abilities, facing powerful foes and uncovering hidden mysteries.
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ZED ZONE
Single-player alternative to Survival Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Survival Story.
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
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Skopje '83
Single-player alternative to Survival Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Survival Story.
Explore a city thrust into disarray by an unknown event and survive the hordes of mutated abominations that lurk at every corner. You’ll have to fight through enemies & bosses, scavenge loot and survive the hostile city.
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ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
Single-player alternative to Survival Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Story.
Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.