Single-player games like Decaying Salvage
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Decaying Salvage, 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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Dead Space (2008)
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Decaying Salvage.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
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The Callisto Protocol™
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Decaying Salvage.
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
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Don't Feed The Aisles
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Decaying Salvage.
A PS1-inspired survival horror game where you explore an abandoned grocery store, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive relentless prehistoric creatures.
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Eschalism
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Decaying Salvage.
Survival horror game set in a dystopian Indonesia, where the V.O.K. regime has maintained a stranglehold on the nation. As Sane, a Paramita's officer, investigates a cosmic worshipping cult, navigates a non-euclidian world, and fights against monstrous creatures.
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Joyville 2
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Decaying Salvage.
Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.
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The Sinking City 2
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Decaying Salvage.
Set in the Roaring '20s, The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror steeped in Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, stalked by the dead, as you weigh one life against an entire city.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Decaying Salvage.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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The Black Ice
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Decaying Salvage.
A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.
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7th Chance
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Decaying Salvage.
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
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We Are Not Alone
Single-player alternative to Decaying Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Decaying Salvage.
We Are Not Alone is a new twist on horror that combines first person exploration and third person point and click adventure. As a member of a "safe" isolation experiment you'll explore an underground facility, solve puzzles and uncover the mystery of an unknown creature. Just don't make eye contact.