Single-player games like Pixel Survivors
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Pixel Survivors, 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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Nordhold
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pixel Survivors.
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pixel Survivors.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
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After Inc: Revival
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pixel Survivors.
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
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Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pixel Survivors.
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pixel Survivors.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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Founders' Fortune
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pixel Survivors.
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
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Diplomacy is Not an Option
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pixel Survivors.
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
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Farthest Frontier
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pixel Survivors.
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
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Above - VR
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pixel Survivors.
Above is a virtual experience that place the player in the position of a stranded astronaut in space. Join the main character in a visually stunning experience during the last minutes of his life.
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Vecitas
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pixel Survivors.
Vecitas is a fast paced multiplayer space shooter combined with singleplayer mode. Have fun playing with others in space combat. Unlock new ships playing in multiplayer as well as singleplayer. The Galaxy of Vecitas awaits you!
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Hex Defense
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pixel Survivors.
Hex Defense is a virtual reality tower defense game. Engage in combat defending your base in this inmersive tabletop world. Setup your defenses, manage and modify them according to the situation. There are 6 different biomes to defend, 9 turrets to access, 17 upgrades to be made, and more...
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Giant Life
Single-player alternative to Pixel Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pixel Survivors.
A "Giant Life" is a VR physic-based puzzle game. Play as an angry giant through a virtual reality journey, exploring the realm, destroying settlements and frightening its inhabitants.