Single-player games like Survivalist
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Survivalist, 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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Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
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Sheltered
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist.
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
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State of Decay: YOSE
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Survivalist.
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
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How to Survive 2
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Survivalist.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
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Dead State: Reanimated
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist.
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
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Kenshi
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
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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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to Survivalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Survivalist.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.