Single-player games like Rising World
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Rising World, 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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Creativerse
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Out of Reach
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
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Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
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FortressCraft Evolved!
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
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Subsistence
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Rising World.
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
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Colony Survival
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
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Night of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
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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Wurm Unlimited
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rising World.
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rising World.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
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Second Second
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Second Second is a Roguelike card game without drawing cards. Explore randomly generated worlds, defeat monsters, collect valuable cards and add the best ones to your deck. The battles are not based on luck, so prepare to put your skills to the test.
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Sons Of The Forest
Single-player alternative to Rising World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rising World.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.