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Single-player games like ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL, 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 Highrise — Steam game cover

    The Highrise

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Days Gone — Steam game cover

    Days Gone

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

    2021ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outbreak Island — Steam game cover

    Outbreak Island

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plains of Pain — Steam game cover

    Plains of Pain

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Erzurum — Steam game cover

    Erzurum

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.

    2021IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Another Try 2 — Steam game cover

    Another Try 2

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KeepUp Survival — Steam game cover

    KeepUp Survival

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Subnautica — Steam game cover

    Subnautica

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    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 Long Dark — Steam game cover

    The Long Dark

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    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 ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL.

    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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    Kingdoms: Merge & Build — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms: Merge & Build

    Single-player alternative to ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Enjoy a soothing merge-2 experience blended with kingdom-building gameplay in this story-rich adventure!

    2024Casual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →