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Single-player games like SurvAIval

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to SurvAIval, 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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    Faun Town — Steam game cover

    Faun Town

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SurvAIval.

    After crash-landing on a mysterious island with no memories of the past, set out to explore the island and scavenge for resources to build automated production lines and repair the damaged ship.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure7.14 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 SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SurvAIval.

    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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    Forager — Steam game cover

    Forager

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SurvAIval.

    The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Forgotten Seas — Steam game cover

    Forgotten Seas

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SurvAIval.

    You are lost in the Bermuda Void, where the ocean is endless and dry land precious. Craft your Ship-in-a-Bottle, then experience survival on the high seas. Sail for new land, build camps, hunt for treasures, trade for goods - then defend your ship from dreaded pirates stalking this strange realm!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crashlands — Steam game cover

    Crashlands

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SurvAIval.

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Force of Nature — Steam game cover

    Force of Nature

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SurvAIval.

    Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

    2016ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nova Lands — Steam game cover

    Nova Lands

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SurvAIval.

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deep Despair — Steam game cover

    Deep Despair

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SurvAIval.

    Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Where Is Mommy — Steam game cover

    Where Is Mommy

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SurvAIval.

    Trapped in a bazaar that twists with every turn, you are a lost child searching for your mother. Watch for subtle anomalies in the shifting environment to survive the loop. In this retro-inspired world, nothing is as it seems. Can you find her before the cycle swallows you whole?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation4.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FORJ — Steam game cover

    FORJ

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with SurvAIval.

    Fight through cursed arenas, extract with the loot, and reforge it into power. A co-op action roguelite where hand-built golems mine, craft and run your shop while you battle, and every weapon can be enhanced, imbued, socketed and rerolled at your forge.

    ActionAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ECHIDNA — Steam game cover

    ECHIDNA

    Single-player alternative to SurvAIval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SurvAIval.

    A dead god drifts in the dark. Build a salvage fleet that carves it apart cell by cell, and watch a colossal carcass melt into a storm of flying debris and climbing numbers. Strip it to the bone then evolve and start again on something bigger.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →