Single-player games like Echo of the Wilds
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Echo of the Wilds, 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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Don't Starve
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
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.
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ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
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.
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
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.
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Phoning Home
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.
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Enshrouded
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
Enshrouded is a solo and co-op survival action RPG where your freedom and creativity come first. Conquer the Shroud, a corrupting fog devouring the kingdom of Embervale: explore a handcrafted world full of secrets, forge your hero your way, and build anything, anywhere in a fully terraformable land.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
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.
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GRIS
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
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Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
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Boneraiser Minions
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Echo of the Wilds.
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
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Spirits Abyss
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?
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Voids Vigil
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Echo of the Wilds.
Blast through robotic hordes in this arena auto-battler rogue-lite Brotato-like. Use auto-firing weapons and drones, timely dashes and special abilities to reach the Void where a final Conservator awaits convergence. Spend your Cogs wisely within the varied shops to create unique builds!
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Skelly Selest
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Echo of the Wilds.
Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.
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Straimium Immortaly
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Echo of the Wilds.
Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.
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Xenosensory
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Echo of the Wilds.
Xenosensory is a short incremental game with horror themes. Use your cursor to bust Xenos and save convicts then spend your research points on skill tree upgrades, actions, gadgets, and uncover the true horrifying nature of this space station nightmare.
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Deadzoned
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echo of the Wilds.
Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based action Roguelike. Blast your way through zones battling the beasts, bandits, and monsters that stalk the blackouts. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the gear you stumble upon to survive and save the fate of the planet!
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Ilamentia
Single-player alternative to Echo of the Wilds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Echo of the Wilds.
Ilamentia is an experimental abstract puzzler where you must first discover the level mechanics before solving them. Delve into mysterious mind-bending levels that each have unique mechanics to explore that will test the limits of every facet of your cognitive faculties.