Single-player games like Stranded Deep
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Stranded Deep, 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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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
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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Raft
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Green Hell
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
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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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Grounded
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Stranded Deep.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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Don't Starve
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
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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King of the Raft - A LitRPG Visual Novel Apocalypse Adventure
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Stranded Deep.
A visual novel game filled with a great story to enjoy. Zack is jet skiing in Florida when the apocalypse happens. He saves a damsel in distress, discovers freaky sea monsters, and creates a raft city. Zack must improve his base, and use the overlords reward system to bide his time.
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Survival: Fountain of Youth
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
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Scrap Mechanic
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
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Subnautica: Below Zero
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
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Slime Rancher
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
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Forever Skies
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
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ASTRONEER
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
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Wildmender
Single-player alternative to Stranded Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stranded Deep.
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?