Single-player games like Subterrain
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Subterrain, 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 Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
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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Don't Starve
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
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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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Frozen State
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
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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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
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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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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Subterrain: Mines of Titan
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
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Barotrauma
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
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Stoneshard
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterrain.
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
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RemiLore: Lost Girl in the Lands of Lore
Single-player alternative to Subterrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
RemiLore: Lost Girl in the Lands of Lore is a “rogue-lite” anime-style adventure set in a colorful fantasy world where players hack-and-slash their way through an army of mechanical monsters using a huge variety of unique melee weapons and devastating magic attacks!