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Single-player games like Frozen Ship

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Frozen Ship, 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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    Havenrail — Steam game cover

    Havenrail

    Single-player alternative to Frozen Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Frozen Ship.

    “The Last Train of Humanity” is a survival strategy game. Manage your train, oversee resources, and make tough decisions that determine the fate of your passengers. Will they survive the perilous journey?

    2027StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gateworlds — Steam game cover

    Gateworlds

    Single-player alternative to Frozen Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Frozen Ship.

    Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DISTANT VISITANT — Steam game cover

    DISTANT VISITANT

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

    Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swarmdustry — Steam game cover

    Swarmdustry

    Single-player alternative to Frozen Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Frozen Ship.

    Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, build mega factories and evolve organic industry. Balance growth, efficiency, creep spread, and survive in a world that fights back.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SmallZ — Steam game cover

    SmallZ

    Single-player alternative to Frozen Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Frozen Ship.

    SmallZ is a third person zombie survival game. Form a team or go solo to survive from many threats such as zombies, boss zombies and other players. Build fortifications on different buildings or build your own base from scratch. There are plenty of build parts available for you to craft!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Encave — Steam game cover

    Encave

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

    Build customizable killrooms, scavenge, craft, upgrade and fight off waves of bioengineered monsters, that smash through walls, break your defenses, and carve new paths toward you in this hybrid FPS, tower defense and base builder set in a fully destructible underground biotech facility!

    ActionAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Settletopia — Steam game cover

    Settletopia

    Single-player alternative to Frozen Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Frozen Ship.

    Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.

    StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Another Try 2 — Steam game cover

    Another Try 2

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

    The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →