Single-player games like Survival Time
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Survival Time, 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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Survival Log
Single-player alternative to Survival Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Time.
The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.
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Icetwine
Single-player alternative to Survival Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Time.
Icetwine is an ice-age city builder where you combine raw materials to craft tools, weapons, machines, and structures. Build cozy huts, thriving farms, and tame dodos and mammoths. Defend your village from enemies and strike back to help your people survive and thrive.
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Celebrity Life
Single-player alternative to Survival Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Time.
Happiness, success, fortune, fame, drama, scandals, and downfall. In Celebrity Life you'll experience them all. Take a journey through an immersive reflection of the peoples' lives we follow & talk about. The Celebrities! Now at last you can become one. Don't dream your life, live your dream.
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Factomancer
Single-player alternative to Survival Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Time.
The Order sends you on a mission. Armed with technology powered by magic, build production chains, plan, transform, optimize, and prepare for the unexpected. In this automation roguelite, the Eye of the Order watches your moves: failure is only a step toward perfection.
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Astrobase Command
Single-player alternative to Survival Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Survival Time.
Player's Log: I discovered a rigorous space station builder called Astrobase Command, where crew make narrative decisions using an emotional simulation tied to all aspects of the RPG
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The Last Seed
Single-player alternative to Survival Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Time.
Restore life on a dying planet in this 2D automation strategy game. Build production chains, reclaim the ecosystem, and survive a hostile world with the help of The Last Seed.
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Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator
Single-player alternative to Survival Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Survival Time.
Trade horses, formulate feed, and breed generations of elite stallions, racehorses, draft mounts, war horses, and more. Train, auction, mine, forge, farm, run caravans, build a mercenary force, and deal with powerful lords. Dominate the medieval horse trade.
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Lazy Witch's Factory
Single-player alternative to Survival Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Time.
Your debt comes due in 30 minutes. Twist the rules through demonic contracts and survive impossible production quotas in this chaotic factory-building roguelite.