Single-player games like ISO-CORE
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ISO-CORE, 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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Starbound
Single-player alternative to ISO-CORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ISO-CORE.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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Tinkerlands
Single-player alternative to ISO-CORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ISO-CORE.
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to ISO-CORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ISO-CORE.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Above Snakes
Single-player alternative to ISO-CORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with ISO-CORE.
Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.
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Necesse
Single-player alternative to ISO-CORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ISO-CORE.
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
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Frozen State
Single-player alternative to ISO-CORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with ISO-CORE.
Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
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Crashlands
Single-player alternative to ISO-CORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ISO-CORE.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
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Deep Despair
Single-player alternative to ISO-CORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ISO-CORE.
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!