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Single-player games like Lunara: Planet IX

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lunara: Planet IX, 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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    DISTANT VISITANT — Steam game cover

    DISTANT VISITANT

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lunara: Planet IX.

    Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AETHUS — Steam game cover

    AETHUS

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lunara: Planet IX.

    Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival — Steam game cover

    Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lunara: Planet IX.

    TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Miniland Adventure — Steam game cover

    Miniland Adventure

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lunara: Planet IX.

    The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lost World — Steam game cover

    Lost World

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Lunara: Planet IX.

    Lost World is a survival video game with single and co-op modes. Open world and first person view.

    2023ActionAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lunara: Planet IX.

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Core Keeper — Steam game cover

    Core Keeper

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lunara: Planet IX.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Satisfactory — Steam game cover

    Satisfactory

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lunara: Planet IX.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Marmoset — Steam game cover

    Marmoset

    Single-player alternative to Lunara: Planet IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lunara: Planet IX.

    In a world ravaged by World War III, a group of survivors found safety at the top of the trees, only without the resources of the caves the city of Marmoset will not have a future, however you can change that.

    2021IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →